Metroxylon vitiense

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Metroxylon vitiense

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Large, solitary pinnate species from the Fiji Islands and Wallis-Futuna Island, where it grows up to 50' tall. Has marked ringed trunk and heavily armed petioles with long, thin spines. Very tropical palm. Monocarpic.
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