Hydriastele pinangoides

Botanical Description

Hydriastele pinangoides is a solitary or clustering, evergreen palm producing slender, unbranched stems up to 7 metres tall, occasionally reaching 10 metres, and 1 - 8cm in diameter; each stem is topped by a crown of 5 - 10 leaves around 50 - 157cm long including the petiole[ 1974 Title A monograph of Hydriastele (Areceae, Arecaceae) in New Guinea and Australia Publication Phytotaxa 370 (1): 001-092, 2018 Author Petoe P., Heatubun C.D. & Baker W.J. Website https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.370.1.1 Publisher Year 2018 ISBN 1179-3155 Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of materials. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ]. Hydriastele pinangoides is common within its range and there are no known direct threats. However there is a long-term threat from deforestation, which is occurring across New Guinea and is driven by subsistence agriculture, commercial logging, plantations and mining. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].