Livistona rigida
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Mataranka Fan Palm
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MATARANKA FAN PALM FACTS
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Common Name
Mataranka Fan Palm
Other Names
Gregory River Fan Palm
Description
The Mataranka Fan Palm is a single trunked fan palm. The leaves are stiff with waxy underside and grow to 4 m long with petiole to 2 m. Leaves have thorns along the margins. Old leaves hang round the trunk. Fruit is black and about 2 cm in diameter. It is comparatively fast growing.
Height
to 20m
Habitat
along rivers with scattered remnants in open forest
Propagation
Seeds germinate freely in a few weeks, but nothing shows above ground for 2 or 3 months.
Distribution
around Gulf of Carpentaria of western Queensland and also the Northern Territory
Classification
| Class: | Liliopsida | | Order: | Arecales | | Family: | Arecaceae | | Genus: | Livistona | | Species: | rigida | | Common Name: | Mataranka Fan Palm |
Relatives in same Genus
Livistona australis
Livistona decipiens
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