Palms   Veitchia macdanielsii

Synonymy: This species is now considered to be V. arecina . Common Names: Sunshine Palm Conservation Status: Not threatened Distribution & Habitat: Grows in moist rainforests on the island of Vanuatu in the New Hebrides. Description: Tall solitary pinnate palm to 15m tall. Obviously very similar to V. arecina , the main differences being that the leaves have a relatively small number of rather broad leaflets, and they are almost always slightly inclined above the horizontal. It also has the most compact canopy of the taller Veitchias. Culture: As for V. arecina Figure 2. V. macdanielsii

Figure 1. V. macdanielsii

Contributed by:	Scott Maclean (Figure 1)
	University of Florida-IFAS (Figure 2)

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