Licuala
Licuala is a genus of palms, in the tribe Trachycarpeae, commonly found in tropical forests of southern China, Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, New Guinea and the western Pacific Ocean islands.
Description and uses
Licuala spp. are fan palms, with the leaves mostly circular in outline, sometimes undivided but more usually divided into wedge-shaped segments. Licuala acutifida is the source of cane for the walking stick nicknamed the Penang-lawyer by colonials, probably from the Malay phrase pinang liyar for a wild areca, although the term may also refer to the use of these canes as deadly knobkerries to assassinate litigious enemies. Several species of Licuala have been transferred into a new genus Lanonia.
Species
Plants of the World Online as of February 2021 includes 167 accepted species:Licuala acuminata BurretLicuala acutifida Mart.Licuala adscendens Barfod & HeatubunLicuala ahlidurii SawLicuala angustiloba BurretLicuala anomala Becc.Licuala aruensis Becc.Licuala atrovirens SawLicuala atroviridis A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.DungLicuala averyanovii A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.DungLicuala bachmaensis A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.DungLicuala bacularia Becc.Licuala bayana SawLicuala beccariana FurtadoLicuala bellatula Becc.Licuala bidentata Becc.Licuala bidoupensis A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.DungLicuala bifida Heatubun & BarfodLicuala bintulensis Becc.Licuala bissula Miq.Licuala borneensis Becc.Licuala bracteata Gagnep.Licuala brevicalyx Becc.Licuala bruneiana SawLicuala burretii SawLicuala cabalionii DoweLicuala caespitosa A.J.Hend. & N.Q.DungLicuala cameronensis SawLicuala campestris SawLicuala cattienensis A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.DungLicuala celebica Miq.Licuala chaiana SawLicuala collina SawLicuala concinna BurretLicuala cordata Becc.Licuala corneri FurtadoLicuala crassiflora BarfodLicuala dakrongensis A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & B.V.ThanhLicuala debilis Becc.Licuala densiflora Becc.Licuala distans Ridl.Licuala egregia SawLicuala elegans BlumeLicuala ellipsoidalis A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.DungLicuala elliptica SawLicuala exigua SawLicuala ferruginea Becc.Licuala ferruginoides Becc.Licuala flammula SawLicuala flavida Ridl.Licuala flexuosa BurretLicuala fordiana Becc.Licuala fractiflexa SawLicuala gjellerupii Becc.Licuala glaberrima Gagnep.Licuala glabra Griff.Licuala graminifolia Heatubun & BarfodLicuala grandiflora Ridl.Licuala grandis H.Wendl.Licuala hallieriana Becc.Licuala honbaensis A.J.Hend. & N.Q.DungLicuala honheoensis A.J.Hend. & N.Q.DungLicuala insignis Becc.Licuala intermedia SawLicuala kamarudinii SawLicuala kemamanensis FurtadoLicuala khoonmengii SawLicuala kiahii FurtadoLicuala kingiana Becc.Licuala klossii Ridl.Licuala kuchingensis SawLicuala kunstleri Becc.Licuala lambii SawLicuala lamdongensis A.J.Hend. & N.Q.DungLicuala lanata J.Dransf.Licuala lanuginosa Ridl.Licuala lauterbachii Dammer & K.Schum.Licuala leopoldii SawLicuala leprosa Dammer ex Becc.Licuala leptocalyx BurretLicuala leucocarpa SawLicuala linearis BurretLicuala longicalycata FurtadoLicuala longiflora A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.DungLicuala longipes Griff.Licuala longispadix Banka & BarfodLicuala macrantha BurretLicuala maculata SawLicuala magna BurretLicuala malajana Becc.Licuala mattanensis Becc.Licuala meijeri SawLicuala merguensis Becc.Licuala micholitzii Ridl.Licuala micrantha Becc.Licuala mirabilis FurtadoLicuala miriensis SawLicuala modesta Becc.Licuala montana Dammer & K.Schum.Licuala moszkowskiana Becc.Licuala moyseyi FurtadoLicuala mukahensis SawLicuala mustapana SawLicuala nana BlumeLicuala naumannii BurretLicuala naumoniensis Becc.Licuala nuichuaensis A.J.Hend. & N.Q.DungLicuala olivifera Becc.Licuala oliviformis Becc.Licuala oninensis Becc.Licuala orbicularis Becc.Licuala oryzoides SawLicuala pachycalyx BurretLicuala pahangensis FurtadoLicuala palas SawLicuala paludosa Griff.Licuala parviflora Dammer ex Becc.Licuala parvula A.J.Hend. & N.Q.DungLicuala patens Ridl.Licuala paucisecta BurretLicuala peekelii Lauterb.Licuala peltata Roxb. ex Buch.-Ham.Licuala penduliflora Zipp. ex BlumeLicuala petiolulata Becc.Licuala pilosa SawLicuala pitta Barfod & Pongsatt.Licuala platydactyla Becc.Licuala polyschista K.Schum. & Lauterb.Licuala poonsakii HodelLicuala pseudovalida SawLicuala pulchella BurretLicuala pumila BlumeLicuala punctulata BurretLicuala pusilla Becc.Licuala radula Gagnep.Licuala ramsayi DominLicuala reptans Becc.Licuala rheophytica SawLicuala ridleyana Becc.Licuala robinsoniana Becc.Licuala robusta Warb. ex K.Schum. & Lauterb.Licuala rubiginosa SawLicuala rumphii BlumeLicuala ruthiae SawLicuala sabahana SawLicuala sallehana SawLicuala sarawakensis Becc.Licuala scortechinii Becc.Licuala simplex Becc.Licuala spathellifera Becc.Licuala spectabilis Miq.Licuala spicata Becc.Licuala spinosa WurmbLicuala steinii BurretLicuala stipitata BurretLicuala stongensis SawLicuala tanycola H.E.MooreLicuala taynguyensis Barfod & Borchs.Licuala telifera Becc.Licuala tenuissima SawLicuala terengganuensis SawLicuala thoana Saw & J.Dransf.Licuala tiomanensis FurtadoLicuala triphylla Griff.Licuala urciflora Barfod & HeatubunLicuala whitmorei SawLicuala yiiana Saw