Livistona benthamii is a species of palm. The natural distribution of this species is from Cape York to the Archer River in Queensland the Northern Territory in Australia and New Guinea. It is a solitary palm found in open forest near areas that are annually inundated. An example may be seen on the Freshwater lake Walk at the Cairns also known as Flecker Botanical Garden.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Livistona benthamii 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
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Arecales
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Livistona
- Species
- Livistona benthamii
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