Arenga


Arenga is a genus of palms, native to Southeast Asia, southern China, New Guinea, and northern Australia. They are small to medium-sized palms, growing to 2–20 m tall, with pinnate leaves 2–12 m long. Arenga palms can grow in areas with little sunlight and relatively infertile soil.

Species

Arenga australasica S.T.Blake ex H.E.Moore – QueenslandArenga brevipes Becc. – Sumatra, BorneoArenga caudata H.E.Moore – Guangxi, Hainan, IndochinaArenga distincta Mogea – BorneoArenga engleri Becc. – TaiwanArenga hastata WhitmoreThailand, Malaysia, Borneo, SumatraArenga hookeriana Whitmore – Thailand, MalaysiaArenga listeri Becc. – Christmas IslandArenga longicarpa C.F.Wei – GuangdongArenga longipes Mogea – SumatraArenga micrantha C.F.Wei – Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal PradeshArenga microcarpa Becc. in K.M.Schumann & U.M.Hollrung – Maluku, New Guinea, Northern Territory of AustraliaArenga mindorensis Becc. – MindoroArenga obtusifolia Mart.- Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, JavaArenga pinnata Merr. – Assam, Indochina, Philippines, Sulawesi; naturalized in southern China, Benin, Maluku, New Guinea, HawaiiArenga plicata Mogea – SumatraArenga porphyrocarpa H.E.Moore – Java, SumatraArenga retroflorescens H.E.Moore & Meijer – SabahArenga ryukyuensis A.J.Hend – Ryukyu IslandsArenga talamauensis Mogea – SumatraArenga tremula Becc. – PhilippinesArenga undulatifolia Becc. – Borneo, Palawan, SulawesiArenga westerhoutii Griff. – southern China, Indochina, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, BhutanArenga wightii Griff. – India