
Pritchardia lanigera, the lo'ulu, is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae that is endemic to the island of Hawaiʻi. It inhabits ridges, gulch sides, and gentle slopes in wet forests from sea level to 3,000 ft (910 m).P. lanigera reaches a height of 5 m (16 ft) and a trunk diameter of 30–50 cm (12–20 in).
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Loulu being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Pritchardia beccariana
- Pritchardia perlmanii
- Pritchardia flynnii
- Pritchardia forbesiana
- Pritchardia lowreyana
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Arecales
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Pritchardia
- Species
- Pritchardia lanigera
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