Areca triandra Roxb. ex Buch.-ham.

Species

Angiosperms > Arecales > Arecaceae > Areca

Characteristics

A clumping palm. It grows to 4.5 m high. It has several trunks and these have rings around them due to leaf scars. The stems are pale green. The leaf sheaths form a crown-shaft. It has feather-like leaves. The leaflets are both wide and narrow on the one leaf. The ends of the leaflets is jagged. They are deep green. The flowering stalk comes from below the crown-shaft. The male and female flowers are separate but on the same plant. The flowers are pale coloured and have a strong lemon perfume. The fruit are orange-red when ripe and 2.5 cm long. The seed is oval but flattened at one end.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 5.25
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

A tropical plant. It is a plant for the humid tropics. It does best in direct sunlight. It needs plenty of water. It grows in forest near the seashore. It suits hardiness zones 11-12. In Adelaide Botanical Gardens hot house. In the Cairns Botanical Gardens. In XTBG Yunnan.
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An understorey plant in forest margins and the undergrowth of seasonally flooded alluvial forest at low elevations.
Light 4-6
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

The nuts are eaten as a betel substitute.
Uses animal food environmental use food material medicinal social use
Edible leaves nuts seeds stems
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants are grown from fresh seed. These germinate quickly. Plants need to be sheltered from wind and direct sun while small. Plants can also be grown from suckers.
Mode seedlings suckers
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Flower

Areca triandra flower picture by Dieter Albrecht (cc-by-sa)
Areca triandra flower picture by Dieter Albrecht (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Areca triandra fruit picture by Dieter Albrecht (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Areca triandra world distribution map, present in Andorra, Bangladesh, Brazil, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Panama, Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Areca triandra threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:664230-1
WFO ID wfo-0000263352
COL ID 5W3GN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 448146
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Synonyms

Nenga nagensis Areca borneensis Areca nagensis Areca polystachya Areca triandra Ptychosperma polystachyum Areca aliceae Areca laxa Areca humilis Areca triandra var. bancana Areca triandra var. nagensis Areca triandra var. laxa