Arecaceae

Loulu

Pritchardia glabrata Becc. & Rock

Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Pritchardia

Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants

Loulu: Pritchardia glabrata (habit). Location: Maui, State nursery Kahului — Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free

Common names

By language (3)

English: Loulu, Smooth loulu, Nihoa pritchardia, Lanai pritchardia
Hawaiian: Hawane, Hāwane, Loulu, Noulu, Wahane, Wāhane
Japanese: プリッチャールディア・グラブラータ, プリッチャールディア・エッリプティカ, プリッチャールディア・ラナイエンシス

Synonyms

Pritchardia elliptica Rock & Caum
Pritchardia lanaiensis Becc. & Rock

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Hawaii: native

Photos

Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

More in Pritchardia

Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.