Sandalwood

Pritchardia hillebrandii

  • Sandalwood
  • Sandalwood
  • Flower name
    Sandalwood
  • Scientific name
    Pritchardia hillebrandii
  • Aliasプリチャーディア・ヒレブランディー, Pritchardia hillebrandii
  • Place of originMorokai iland
  • Place of floweringSubtropical region, Specific area
  • Flowering season

What is Sandalwood

Loulu(scientific name: Pritchardia) is a generic name of the round fan-shaped palm of the family arecaceae . All 25 kinds are in Hawaii including 19 kinds, Polynesia. Loulu lelo (a scientific name:Pritchardia hillebrandii) is medium-sized palm and has beautiful leaves native to Moloka' i( Hawaii). 'Pritchardia hillebrandii' of the scientific name praised honor of Dr. William Hillebrand whho was the plant collector and the doctor of Pritchara .

A generic name: Loulu lelo, A scientific name: Pritchardia hillebrandii, aka: Loulu,Pritchardia hillebrandii, Molokai fan palm, Fan Palm classification
place of origin: Molokai Island (Hawaii, the United States), Height of the tree: 5-7m, a trunk diameter: 10cm, a leaf color: Bluish green, inflorescence: 1-5 ears hanging down, flower diameter: 2cm, a color of a flower: Light yellow, a fruit color: It is fruitlet diameter green → yellow → black carefully: 2cm, fruit form: A sphere, fruit: A possible meal, seed diameter: 1.2cm, a use: As for the trunk, as for the leaf, the fruit was used for an umbrella and a hat as food in the building. A crisis: The feeding damage of a goat and the mouse includes a seed and fruit.


  • Order
    Arecales
  • Family
    Arecaceae
  • Genus
    Pritchardia
  • Species
    P. hillebrandii
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Cone / Compound inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Ovate/elliptic
  • Leaf type
    palisade compound leaf
  • Edge of the leaf
    Entire
  • Life typePerennial plant
  • Flower colors
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height500.0 ~ 700.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower2.0 ~ 2.0 cm

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