Arecaceae FAMILY

Licuala bachmaensis

Edibility

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Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Licuala bachmaensis is an evergreen palm with a solitary stem that can be up to 150cm tall and 20cm in diameter, though it is often short and subterranean. The stem is topped by a crown of up to 20 fan-shaped leaves with petioles up to 180cm long and leaf blades up to 130cm wide. The erect, flowering stems can be up to 340cm 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 leaves are harvested from the wild for local use to make raincoats. The plant is sometimes grown locally as an ornamental in villages[ 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 ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - central Vietnam

HabitatLowland rain forest, growing on the slopes of mountains in broad-leafed, evergreen, primary closed forest on sandstone, shale or granite rock, and persisting in disturbed areas; at elevations up to 1,150 metres[ 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 ].