| Fiji Fan Palm |
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| File size | 172349 |
| Original date | 1/1/12 11:35 AM |
| Resolution | 816 x 612 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/250s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot S5 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Pritchardia pacifica Family: Arecaceae (Palm family)
Synonyms: Washingtonia pacifica, Eupritchardia pacifica, Styloma pacifica
Synonyms: Washingtonia pacifica, Eupritchardia pacifica, Styloma pacifica
Fiji Fan Palm is an attractive fan palm 7-10 m
tall, with a trunk up to 30 cm in diameter. Leaves are up to 1.8 m long
and almost as wide, the leaf blade is the same hairless dull green on
both upper and lower surfaces, without any scales or spots underneath.
Leaves are fan-like, closely palmately lobed. The spadices are shorter
than the leaf-stalks. The spherical fruit is 1.1-1.2 cm in diameter,
turning red then black at maturity. The seed is 7 mm in diameter. Fiji
Fan Palm is native to Tonga, Fiji islands, introduced on many pacific
islands.
Identification credit: Ajinkya Gadawe, Alfred H.S.
| Photographed at Madhuban Dam, Silvassa, Dadra & Nagar Haveli. |