Arecaceae FAMILY

Licuala spinosa

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Licuala spinosa is an evergreen palm producing large clumps of stems up to 5 metres tall and 5cm in diameter. Each stem is topped by a crown of large leaves with prickly petioles up to 250cm long and leaf blandes up to 150cm wide. Erect inflorescences can be up to 3 metres long[ 1968 Title Palms of Southern Asia Publication Author Henderson A. Publisher Princeton University Press, New York Year 2009 ISBN 978-0-691-13449-9 Description An excellent concise guide ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine etc. It is often grown as an ornamental[ 345 Title Minor Products of Philippine Forests Publication Author Brown. W. H. Publisher Bureau of Forestry, Manilla. Year 1920 ISBN Description A useful guide to some of the plants of the area, though terse on details. The book is out of copyright and can be legally downloaded from the Internet. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - China, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia.

HabitatNear the sea, sometimes immediately behind the mangrove within the influence of salt water, sometimes on banks and in ravines near the sea[ 345 Title Minor Products of Philippine Forests Publication Author Brown. W. H. Publisher Bureau of Forestry, Manilla. Year 1920 ISBN Description A useful guide to some of the plants of the area, though terse on details. The book is out of copyright and can be legally downloaded from the Internet. ]. Lowland rain forest in low, wet places, or in savannahs, scrub forest, or disturbed areas[ 1968 Title Palms of Southern Asia Publication Author Henderson A. Publisher Princeton University Press, New York Year 2009 ISBN 978-0-691-13449-9 Description An excellent concise guide ].