Pritchardia minor, the Alakai Swamp pritchardia or loulu, is a palm native to Hawaiʻi. It grows in wet forests in the centre of Kauaʻi at an elevation of about 1,400 metres (4,600 ft).
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Alaka'i Swamp Pritchardia 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 hardyi
- Pritchardia flynnii
- Pritchardia glabrata
- Pritchardia kaalae
- Pritchardia hillebrandii
- Pritchardia perlmanii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Arecales
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Pritchardia
- Species
- Pritchardia minor
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