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Metroxylon vitiense
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Metroxylon vitiense is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae, endemic to the islands of Fiji, Ovalau, and Vanua Levu in Fiji. There is only one confirmed occurrence of M. vitiense on Vanua Levu, just outside Savusavu. Despite it being considered a threatened species by the IUCN, as of February 2013 M. vitiense was still unprotected by Fijian regulations and international legislation. The palm has also been reported as living on the nearby islands of Wallis and Futuna.
- Family
- Arecaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Metroxylon vitiense
- Slug
- metroxylon-vitiense
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Metroxylon
- Species
- vitiense
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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