Livistona R.Br.

c. 12 species native Aust.; Qld., NSW, Vic., NT, WA

Livistona australis (R.Br.) Mart.

Tall, erect tree with palmately divided fan-shaped, plicate leaves 1 m or more across. Flowers small, yellowish, numerous, bisexual, sessile, solitary or clustered along the slender branches of the panicle which arises below the leaf bases. Fruit globular, 12–20 mm diam., blackish, drupaceous. Widespread. RF and sheltered places. Cabbage-tree Palm