Palms   Livistona lorophylla

Distribution & Habitat: Found in sandy soils in rocky ravines and along cliff bases and ledges in the Kimberley Ranges, mainly the Leopold and Durack Ranges, Western Australia. Description: A tall, solitary fan palm to 15m with an open globose crown of up to 40 arching or pendulous deeply segmented leaves. Culture: Sunny, moist, but well drained position.

Figure 1. L. lorophylla in habitat in the Bungle Bungle Ranges, north Western Australia.

Figure 2. L. lorophylla leaf close-up, at El Questro station, north-western Western Australia.

Figure 3. L. lorophylla just starting to trunk.

Figure 4. L. lorophylla - looking up into a taller plant.

Contributed by:	Michael Jeffries (Figure 1)
	Jeff Nugent, Permaculture Plants (Figure 2,3&4)

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