| Metroxylon amicarum | |
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| Metroxylon amicarum at Ke'anae Arboretum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Genus: | Metroxylon |
| Species: | M. amicarum
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| Binomial name | |
| Metroxylon amicarum | |
Metroxylon amicarum (amicarium Latin – 'of friends' also known as the Caroline ivory-nut palm) is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae, endemic to the Caroline Islands. It was named for the Friendly Islands, now Tonga, from where it was first thought to have descended. It is the only species in the Metroxylon genus which is not hapaxanthic.
- ^ Bachman, S.; Chadburn, H. (2015). "Metroxylon amicarum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T38610A44533123. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T38610A44533123.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.