Arecaceae FAMILY

Licuala valida

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Licuala valida is an evergreen palm with a single, unbranched stem that can range from subterranean up to 4 metres tall, often with smaller stems at the base. The main stem can be 8 - 10cm or more in diameter. The plant produces a crown of large, fan-shaped leaves on petioles that can be 150 - 300cm 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 source of materials for thatching.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia

HabitatAn understorey plant, common in forests, growing in Kerangas, mixed dipterocarp forests to lower montane forests, often on hill slopes; at elevations up to 700 metres[ 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. ].