Licuala petiolulata

Botanical Description

Licuala petiolulata is an evergreen palm producing a single, unbranched stem up to 2 metres tall and 8cm in diameter. The stem is topped by a crown of around 20 fan-shaped, wide leaves on petioles 150 - 250cm long[ 1024 Title A revision of Licuala (Arecaceae, Coryphoideae) in Borneo Publication Kew Bulletin 67 No. 4:pp 577 - 654 Author Saw L.G. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Richmond Year 2012 ISBN 0075-5974 Description A detailed treatment of 46 species of the genus Licuala that can be found in Borneo - it gives plant uses where known. The author's personal copy can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and material for thatching. A widespread species, it is classified as 'Least Concern'[ 1024 Title A revision of Licuala (Arecaceae, Coryphoideae) in Borneo Publication Kew Bulletin 67 No. 4:pp 577 - 654 Author Saw L.G. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Richmond Year 2012 ISBN 0075-5974 Description A detailed treatment of 46 species of the genus Licuala that can be found in Borneo - it gives plant uses where known. The author's personal copy can be downloaded from the Internet. ].