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Metroxylon
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Metroxylon

Metroxylon is a genus of monoecious flowering plants in the Arecaceae (palm) family, consisting of seven species. They are native to Western Samoa, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, the Moluccas, the Carolines and Fiji in a variety of habitats, and cultivated westward to Thailand and Malaya.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Sago Palm

speciesMetroxylon sagu

Caroline ivory-nut palm

speciesMetroxylon amicarum

Metroxylon salomonense

speciesMetroxylon salomonense

Metroxylon vitiense

speciesMetroxylon vitiense

Metroxylon warburgii

speciesMetroxylon warburgii

Metroxylon upoluense

speciesMetroxylon upoluense

Metroxylon paulcoxii

speciesMetroxylon paulcoxii

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 83101.