Arecaceae FAMILY Endangered

Licuala borneensis

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Licuala borneensis is an evergreen palm producing one or more short, unbranched stems 20 - 23mm in diameter. The stems are topped by a crown of 8 - 12 fan-shaped leaves 30 - 70cm across on petioles 40 - 100cm 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. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental[ 314 Title Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia. Publication Author Website http://www.pacsoa.org.au/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Contains at least a little information on the majority of palm and cycad species, plus a wealth of photographs. A first class website. ]. The species is only known from an estimated three localities on the island of Borneo. Its total extent of occurrence (EOO) is approximately 1,390 square kilometres. The forest habitat in which it occurs is declining due to unsustainable logging and conversion of forests to plantations. The plant is classified as 'Endangered' 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Malaysia (Sarawak), Brunei

HabitatAn understorey plant in mixed Dipterocarp forest in moderate shade and a loamy soil[ 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. ]. Humid lowland forests, where it is confined to mor (humus rich) soils[ 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. ].