Palms   Veitchia simulans

Conservation Status: Vulnerable. Distribution & Habitat: A Fijian endemic to Taveuni Island and strongly resembling Veitchia filifera . This is an understory palm of wet rainforest areas on Taveuni. Description: Growing up to 15 meters tall and 15 cm trunk diameter that is often curved and sharply bent. The crown may hold only 9 fronds of 2.5 meters in length. The crownshaft is usually very dark and has a mottled brown-black appearance. Fruits are much larger than V. filifera and about 19 by 25 mm and red when ripe. Cultivation: This palm is not known in cultivation but would require tropical/warm sub-tropical conditions and plenty of water and filtered light.

Figure 1. V. simulans .

Figure 2. V. simulans in habitat.

Figure 3. V. simulans inflorescence and crownshaft.

Figure 4. V. simulans infructescence.

Contributed by:

Jim Valentine (Text & Figure 1,2,3&4)

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