Arenga undulatifolia Becc.

Species

Angiosperms > Arecales > Arecaceae > Arenga

Characteristics

A broad clumping palm. It grows to 4-9 m tall and spreads more widely than this. It develops many stems and these become a tangled group. They are covered with old leaf fibres. The leaves are long and wide. The crown spread 4.5 m wide. The leaves have wavy edges. They are blue-green. The leaflets are 70 cm long and 6-10 cm wide. The flowers grow among the leaves. The fruit is round and becomes dark purple when ripe. The fruit damage the skin. There are 3 seed in each fruit. These have one flattened face.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 4.5
Mature height (meter) 7.0 - 9.5
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 grows in rainforest and up to 1,500 m above sea level. It occurs in Palawan, Balacbac, Mindanao, Cebu, southern Luzon and probably in some other islands of the Philippines. It suits hardiness zones 11-12. In Cairns Botanical Gardens.
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Primary rainforest, only rarely in secondary growth areas, at elevations up to 1,500 metres.
Light 4-6
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

The starch from the stem can be extracted and is edible. The bud is cooked and eaten.
Uses food material poison
Edible shoots stems
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants are grown from fresh seed. The seed grow easily. They can also be grown from suckers.
Mode seedlings suckers
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Arenga undulatifolia world distribution map, present in Philippines

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:664266-1
WFO ID wfo-0000263791
COL ID GFGZ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 770889
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Synonyms

Arenga ambong Saguerus undulatifolius Arenga undulatifolia