Metroxylon salomonense

Botanical Description

Metroxylon salomonense is a solitary-stemmed, evergreen palm tree growing up to 25 metres tall. The unbranched stem can be 25 - 55cm in diameter, topped by a rosette of leaves that can each be 7 metres or more long[ 312 Title Traditional Trees of Pacific Islands Publication Author Elevitch. Craig. R. (Editor) Publisher Permanent Agriculture Resources, Hawaii Year 2006 ISBN 0970254458 Description Beautifully produced book with superb photos and detailed information on over 50 species of useful plants of the Pacific Islands. , 418 Title Ecocrop Publication Author Website http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available. ]. A very important tree for the local economy of native people, providing them with food, medicines and a wide range of other materials. The hard seeds are exported to Alaska, where the Inuit carve them in place of sea-mammal ivory[ 312 Title Traditional Trees of Pacific Islands Publication Author Elevitch. Craig. R. (Editor) Publisher Permanent Agriculture Resources, Hawaii Year 2006 ISBN 0970254458 Description Beautifully produced book with superb photos and detailed information on over 50 species of useful plants of the Pacific Islands. ].