# Metroxylon salomonense

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***Metroxylon salomonense*** is a palm (family [Arecaceae](/source/Arecaceae) or [Palmae](/source/Palmae)) native to the [Solomon Islands](/source/Solomon_Islands), [Vanuatu](/source/Vanuatu) and the [Bismarck Archipelago](/source/Bismarck_Archipelago).[1] Common name **bia**.

It grows to 15 to 20 m in height in just twenty years, with a trunk diameter of 60–80 cm. The [pinnate](/source/Pinnate) fronds can be over 6 m long, and have leaflets 100–190 cm long by 14–19 cm wide. It is [monocarpic](/source/Monocarpic), dying after flowering and fruiting.[2] The inflorescence is a [panicle](/source/Panicle) up to 9 m in height and half as wide.[3]

## References

1. "*Metroxylon salomonense* (Warb.) Becc.". 668246-1. Retrieved 2 July 2025.

1. Dubuyoo, Jean-Michel (March 2007). ["Notes on the Uses of Metroxylon in Vanuatu"](https://palms.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/v51n1p31-38.pdf). *Palms*. **51** (1): 32.

1. Corner, E.J.H. (1966). *Natural History of Palms*. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press. pp. 316–317.

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