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Genus of palms
Arenga is a genus of
palms , native to
Southeast Asia , southern
China ,
New Guinea , and northern
Australia .
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[2] They are small to medium-sized palms, growing to 2–20 m tall, with pinnate
leaves 2–12 m long.
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[4] Arenga palms can grow in areas with little sunlight and relatively infertile soil.
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Species
Arenga australasica (H.Wendl. & Drude) S.T.Blake ex H.E.Moore – Queensland
Arenga brevipes
Becc. – Sumatra, Borneo
Arenga caudata (Lour.) H.E.Moore – Guangxi, Hainan, Indochina
Arenga distincta Mogea – Borneo
Arenga engleri Becc. – Taiwan
Arenga hastata (Becc.) Whitmore – Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
Arenga hookeriana (Becc.) Whitmore – Thailand, Malaysia
Arenga listeri Becc. – Christmas Island
Arenga longicarpa C.F.Wei – Guangdong
Arenga longipes Mogea – Sumatra
Arenga micrantha C.F.Wei – Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh
Arenga microcarpa Becc. in K.M.Schumann &
U.M.Hollrung – Maluku, New Guinea, Northern Territory of Australia
Arenga mindorensis Becc. – Mindoro
Arenga obtusifolia Mart. - Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Java
Arenga pinnata (Wurmb) Merr. – Assam, Indochina, Philippines, Sulawesi; naturalized in southern China, Benin, Maluku, New Guinea, Hawaii
Arenga plicata Mogea – Sumatra
Arenga porphyrocarpa (Blume ex Mart.) H.E.Moore – Java, Sumatra
Arenga retroflorescens H.E.Moore & Meijer – Sabah
Arenga ryukyuensis A.J.Hend – Ryukyu Islands
Arenga talamauensis Mogea – Sumatra
Arenga tremula (Blanco) Becc. – Philippines
Arenga undulatifolia Becc. – Borneo, Palawan, Sulawesi
Arenga westerhoutii Griff. – southern China, Indochina, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Bhutan
Arenga wightii Griff. – India
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