Pritchardia minor, the Alakai Swamp Pritchardia or Loulu, is a palm

Arecaceae

Arecaceae or Palmae , are a family of flowering plants, the only family in the monocot order Arecales. There are roughly 202 currently known genera with around 2600 species, most of which are restricted to tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate climates...

 native to Hawaii

Hawaii

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. It grows in wet forests in the centre of Kauai

Kauai

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 at an elevation of about 1400 metres (4,593.2 ft).
The Alakai Swamp Pritchardia grows up to 12 metres (39.4 ft) high, and forms a trunk with a diameter of approximately 100 millimetres (3.9 in). The leaves are yellowish when they emerge, and this color is sometimes maintained on the undersides of mature leaves.