# Licuala orbicularis

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{{Short description|Species of palm}}
{{Speciesbox
|image = Licuala orbicularis.jpg
|genus = Licuala
|species = orbicularis
|authority = [Becc.](/source/Becc.)
|synonyms = 
* ''Licuala veitchii'' <small>W.Watson ex Hook.f.</small>
* ''Pritchardia grandis'' <small>H.J.Veitch</small>
|synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:667923-1 ''Licuala orbicularis'' Becc.]. ''[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online)'', Kew Science. Accessed 16 March 2023.</ref>
}}

'''''Licuala orbicularis''''' is a species of [palm](/source/Palm_tree) in the genus ''[Licuala](/source/Licuala)''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NParks {{!}} Licuala orbicularis |url=https://www.nparks.gov.sg/florafaunaweb/flora/5/1/5103 |access-date=2023-01-31 |website=www.nparks.gov.sg}}</ref> It is [endemic](/source/endemism) to southwestern [Sarawak](/source/Sarawak) on the island of [Borneo](/source/Borneo).<ref name = powo/>

It grows as a rainforest understorey plant in [mixed dipterocarp forest](/source/Borneo_lowland_rain_forests) and [kerangas](/source/Sundaland_heath_forests) forests, in moist valleys and on hill slopes, from 20 to 550 metres elevation.<ref name = useful>[https://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Licuala+orbicularis ''Licuala orbicularis''], Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. Accessed 16 March 2023.</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/LCLOR ''Licuala orbicularis''<small>(LCLOR)</small>]  in [EPPO Global Database](/source/European_and_Mediterranean_Plant_Protection_Organization)

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orbicularis
Category:Endemic flora of Borneo
Category:Trees of Borneo
Category:Taxa named by Odoardo Beccari
Category:Flora of the Borneo lowland rain forests
Category:Flora of the Sundaland heath forests

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