''Arenga'' is a genus of palms, native to

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2–12 m long. Arenga palms can grow in areas with little sunlight and relatively infertile soil.

Species

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Arenga australasica ''Arenga australasica'', commonly known as arenga palm or southern arenga, is a plant in the palm family Arecaceae found only in the Northern Territory and Queensland, Australia. It has a clustering habit and it may reach in height with a trun ...

'' (H.Wendl. & Drude) S.T.Blake ex H.E.Moore – Queensland * ''

Arenga brevipes ''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 ...

'' Becc. – Sumatra, Borneo * ''

Arenga caudata ''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 ...

'' (Lour.) H.E.Moore – Guangxi, Hainan, Indochina * ''

Arenga distincta ''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 ...

'' Mogea – Borneo * '' Arenga engleri'' Becc. – Taiwan * '' Arenga hastata'' (Becc.) Whitmore – Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra * '' Arenga hookeriana'' (Becc.) Whitmore – Thailand, Malaysia * ''

Arenga listeri ''Arenga listeri'', the Lister's palm, is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is named after naturalist Joseph Jackson Lister. It is endemic to Christmas Island and is threatened by habitat loss. The palm is featured on a ...

'' Becc. – Christmas Island * ''

Arenga longicarpa ''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 ...

'' 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 ''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 ...

'' Becc. – Mindoro * ''

Arenga obtusifolia ''Arenga obtusifolia'' is a flowering plant of the palm family (Palmae or Arecaceae) and is native to Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo and Java. Its most interesting feature is that it forms rhizomes In botany and dendrology, a rhizome ( ) is a m ...

'' Mart.- Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Java * ''

Arenga pinnata ''Arenga pinnata'' (syn. ''Arenga saccharifera'') is an economically important feather palm native to tropical Asia, from eastern India east to Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Phil ...

'' (Wurmb) Merr. – Assam, Indochina, Philippines, Sulawesi; naturalized in southern China, Benin, Maluku, New Guinea, Hawaii * ''

Arenga plicata ''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 ...

'' Mogea – Sumatra * ''

Arenga porphyrocarpa ''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 ...

'' (Blume ex Mart.) H.E.Moore – Java, Sumatra * ''

Arenga retroflorescens ''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 ...

'' H.E.Moore & Meijer – Sabah * ''

Arenga ryukyuensis ''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 ...

'' A.J.Hend – Ryukyu Islands * ''

Arenga talamauensis ''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 ...

'' Mogea – Sumatra * ''

Arenga tremula ''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 ...

'' (Blanco) Becc. – Philippines * ''

Arenga undulatifolia ''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 ...

'' Becc. – Borneo, Palawan, Sulawesi * '' Arenga westerhoutii'' Griff. – southern China, Indochina, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Bhutan * '' Arenga wightii'' Griff. – India

References

Flora of Indomalesia Arecaceae genera {{palm-stub