Latania loddigesii Mart.

Blue latan palm (en), Latanier de maurice (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Arecales > Arecaceae > Latania

Characteristics

Robust solitary fan palms. The trunk has rings. The crown has stiff large leaves. The leaf stalk extends into the leaf. The leaf bases are prominently split. The flowering stalks arises amongst the leaves. The flowers are of separate sexes. Male and female trees are needed for fertile seed. Each fruit contains 1-3 seeds. The fruit are round and fleshy. They turn greenish-brown when ripe.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 12.5 - 15.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

They are tropical plants. They like sun. The need good soil drainage. They are often in seasonally wet and dry climates. They can grow near the sea. It can grow on coastal cliffs. They are drought and salt tolerant. In XTBG Yunnan. It suits hardiness zones 10-12.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

Uses environmental use material
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed which needs to be fresh. Seed germinate in 2-4 months.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Latania loddigesii world distribution map, present in Mauritius

Conservation status

Latania loddigesii threat status: Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:667782-1
WFO ID wfo-0000224061
COL ID 3SHVK
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 447755
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Latania loddigesii Cleophora loddigesii Latania glaucophylla