Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_pritchardia_hardyi
Loulu palm
Pritchardia hardyi
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About Loulu palm
Loulu palm (Pritchardia hardyi) is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands and recorded on Kauaʻi. Medium palm usually 4–5 m tall, occasionally to 8 m, with a smooth brownish trunk 30–45 cm in diameter.
Kauaʻi evidence
Species identity and image source are documented. Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Pritchardia hardyi
- Common names
- Loulu palm
- Hawaiian names
- Loulu
- Other names
- Pritchardia hardyi · Loulu palm · Loulu
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Order
- Arecales
- Record type
- Species or taxonomic group
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Endemic
- Conservation status
- Conservation priority; formal rank not listed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-05
- Evidence limits
- No major occurrence uncertainty noted
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Wet forest · Valley slopes
- Food and resource needs
- Light, water, nutrients, and suitable soil or substrate
- Reproduction
- Viable propagules and suitable establishment conditions
- Shelter
- Suitable soil, substrate, and vegetation structure
- Growth form
- Palm tree
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Rats, ungulates, weeds, low recruitment
- Conservation actions
- Seed protection, outplanting, rat/ungulate control
- Monitoring
- Seed protection, outplanting, rat/ungulate control
- Data gaps
- Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not assessed
- Seasonal description
- Loulu palm (Pritchardia hardyi) is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands and recorded on Kauaʻi. Medium palm usually 4–5 m tall, occasionally to 8 m, with a smooth brownish trunk 30–45 cm in diameter.
