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This palm grows up to 15 [7] to 20 meters tall, therefore, up to 20 meters tall. [2] The trunk diameter is up to 18 [7] to 25 centimeters. [2] It is covered densely in sharp, flattened black spines up to 20 centimeters long. The leaf stalks and leaf edges [4] and the peduncles bearing the fruit clusters have smaller spines. [7]
In some variants the features of a more fully developed face [3] become discernible in the palmette itself, while in certain architectural uses, usually at the head of pilasters or herms, the fan of palm-fronds transforms into a male or female face and the volutes sometimes appear as breasts. Common to all these forms is the pair of volutes at ...
Pritchardia remota, the Nihoa pritchardia, [2] Nihoa fan palm, or Loulu, is a species of palm endemic on the island of Nihoa, HawaiĘ»i, and later transplanted to the island of Laysan. [ citation needed ] It is a smaller tree than most other species of Pritchardia , typically reaching only 4–5 metres (13–16 ft) tall and with a trunk diameter ...
Pritchardia pacifica, the Fiji fan palm, [1] or piu, [2] is a species of palm tree in the genus Pritchardia [1] that is native to Tonga. It is also found in Fiji, Samoa, and the north-eastern part of India (especially in the tribal areas of Arunachal Pradesh, where people use it as thatched roofing), and the Marquesas.
Normanbya is a monotypic genus of palms containing the single species Normanbya normanbyi, which is known by the common name black palm [5] [6] [7] It is endemic to Queensland, Australia and is threatened by habitat destruction.
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In Judaism, the palm represents peace and plenty, and is one of the Four Species of Sukkot; the palm may also symbolize the Tree of Life in Kabbalah. The canopies of the Rathayatra carts which carry the deities of Krishna and his family members in the cart festival of Jagganath Puri in India are marked with the emblem of a palm tree.
The palm was a symbol of Phoenicia and appeared on Punic coins. In ancient Greek, the word for palm, phoinix, was thought to be related to the ethnonym. In Archaic Greece, the palm tree was a sacred sign of Apollo, who had been born under a palm on the island of Delos. [8] The palm thus became an icon of the Delian League.