Help identifying palm fruit, possibly a Pritchardia

[ksloss]

Aloha,
Found this palm tree in Hilo that looks like a Pritchardia with green fruits. Hoping these fruits are the edible Wahane fruits of Loulu. Any guesses? I was thinking Pritchardia beccariana, or hillebrandii, or maideniana.

Karl

[Pademelon1]

Are there any P. maideniana in Hawaii? Certainly not any wild ones anymore.

[ksloss]

A UH extension agent helped to identify this as P. maideniana. See article below on restoration efforts of this somewhat rare palm, which apparently I was the beneficiary of...
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2018/01/28/features/tropical-gardening-rare-palms-abound-in-hawaiian-gardens/

Karl

[Pademelon1]

I Stand corrected! A good story of hope there.

I thought P. maideniana wouldn't be possible, as I know it from the Sydney Botanic Gardens, which state: "This species was botanically described in 1913 from two mature specimens growing in this Botanic Garden. Long thought to be extict in the wild the species was recognised in 2007 as being the same as plants formerly known as P. affinis in Hawaii. The name commemorates Joseph Maiden, Director from 1896 to1925."