Arecaceae

Lewis king palm

Archontophoenix purpurea Hodel & Dowe

Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Archontophoenix

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Common names

By language (3)

Chinese: 紫假槟榔
English: Lewis king palm
Persian: نخل پادشاه کوه لوئیس

Photos

Photo: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: coenobita, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Daniel Barthelemy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.