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Hawai'i is home to twenty-four species of loulu palms. These trees are unarmed (lacking thorns or spines) and feature fan-shaped or palmate leaves, which are divided into three parts: the leaf base, leaf stalk, and leaf blade. The flowers of the loulu palm are typically small (less than one-third of an inch), bright yellow, and densely arranged.
Between 12 and 30 glossy mid- to dark-green leaves emerge from its crown, each reaching 1.2 to 2.2 metres (3 ft 11 in to 7 ft 3 in) long and bearing 92–150 pinnae. [4] The leaves are palm-like, each frond having a thickened mid-rib with the pinnae evenly arranged at either side. [5] The flowering period occurs between September and October. [2]
Phoenix reclinata is a dioecious clumping palm, producing multiple stems from 7.5 to 15 m in height and 30 cm in width. Foliage is pinnate and recurved, growing 2.5 to 4.5 m in length and 0.75 m in width. Leaf color is bright to deep green on 30 cm petioles with long, sharp spines at the base, with 20 to 40 leaves per crown.
Nīkau grow up to 15 m tall, with a stout, green trunk which bears grey-green leaf scars. The trunk is topped by a smooth, bulging crownshaft up to 1 m long. The fronds are up to 3 m long, and the closely set, sometimes overlapping leaflets are up to 1m long. The inflorescence is multibranched and from 20 to 40 cm long.
[5] [6] The crownshaft is around 140 cm (55 in) long and is green or purple green. [6] [7] Around 9 to 12 leaves (or fronds) make up the crown, each about 4–4.5 m (13–15 ft) long and with around 90 pairs of leaflets. [5] [6] [7] The fronds usually have a half-twist so that the leaflets at the distal end are more or less vertical. The ...
The people of Ogba kingdom in Rivers State and other southern Nigerians use raffia palm fronds as fishing poles. The frond is usually cut from a young palm tree. The leaves are removed and the stake is dried, which becomes very light, and the hook is attached to a line, which is tied to the stake, making it a fishing pole. [citation needed]
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