''Licuala'' is a genus of palms, in the tribe Trachycarpeae, commonly found in

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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 for a wild

areca ''Areca'' is a genus of 51 species of Arecaceae, palms in the family (biology), family Arecaceae, found in humid tropical forests from the islands of the Philippines and Malaysia, India, and across Southeast Asia to Melanesia. The generic name ' ...

, although the term may also refer to the use of these canes as deadly

knobkerrie A knobkerrie, also spelled knobkerry, knobkierie, and knopkierie (Afrikaans), is a form of wooden club, used mainly in Southern Africa and Eastern Africa. Typically they have a large knob at one end and can be used for clubbing an enemy's head. F ...

s to assassinate litigious enemies. Several species of ''Licuala'' have been transferred into a new genus '' Lanonia''.

Species

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'' as of February 2021 includes 167 accepted species: * '' Licuala acuminata'' Burret * ''

Licuala acutifida ''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 f ...

'' Mart. * '' Licuala adscendens'' Barfod & Heatubun * '' Licuala ahlidurii'' Saw * '' Licuala angustiloba'' Burret * ''

Licuala anomala ''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 f ...

'' Becc. * ''

Licuala aruensis ''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 f ...

'' Becc. * ''

Licuala atrovirens ''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 f ...

'' Saw * ''

Licuala atroviridis ''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 f ...

'' A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.Dung * ''

Licuala averyanovii ''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 f ...

'' A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.Dung * ''

Licuala bachmaensis ''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 f ...

'' A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.Dung * ''

Licuala bacularia ''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 f ...

'' Becc. * ''

Licuala bayana ''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 f ...

'' Saw * ''

Licuala beccariana ''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 f ...

'' (K.Schum. & Lauterb.) Furtado * ''

Licuala bellatula ''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 f ...

'' Becc. * '' Licuala bidentata'' Becc. * '' Licuala bidoupensis'' A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.Dung * '' Licuala bifida'' Heatubun & Barfod * '' Licuala bintulensis'' Becc. * '' Licuala bissula'' Miq. * '' Licuala borneensis'' Becc. * '' Licuala bracteata'' Gagnep. * '' Licuala brevicalyx'' Becc. * '' Licuala bruneiana'' Saw * '' Licuala burretii'' Saw * '' Licuala cabalionii'' Dowe * '' Licuala caespitosa'' A.J.Hend. & N.Q.Dung * '' Licuala cameronensis'' Saw * '' Licuala campestris'' Saw * '' Licuala cattienensis'' A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.Dung * '' Licuala celebica'' Miq. * ''

Licuala chaiana ''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 fa ...

'' Saw * '' Licuala collina'' Saw * '' Licuala concinna'' Burret * '' Licuala cordata'' Becc. * '' Licuala corneri'' Furtado * '' Licuala crassiflora'' Barfod * '' Licuala dakrongensis'' A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & B.V.Thanh * '' Licuala debilis'' Becc. * '' Licuala densiflora'' Becc. * '' Licuala distans'' Ridl. * ''

Licuala egregia ''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 fa ...

'' Saw * '' Licuala elegans'' Blume * '' Licuala ellipsoidalis'' A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.Dung * '' Licuala elliptica'' Saw * '' Licuala exigua'' Saw * '' Licuala ferruginea'' Becc. * '' Licuala ferruginoides'' Becc. * '' Licuala flammula'' Saw * '' Licuala flavida'' Ridl. * '' Licuala flexuosa'' Burret * '' Licuala fordiana'' Becc. * '' Licuala fractiflexa'' Saw * '' Licuala gjellerupii'' Becc. * '' Licuala glaberrima'' Gagnep. * ''

Licuala glabra ''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 fa ...

'' Griff. * '' Licuala graminifolia'' Heatubun & Barfod * '' Licuala grandiflora'' Ridl. * ''

Licuala grandis ''Licuala grandis'', the ruffled fan palm, Vanuatu fan palm or Palas palm, is a species of palm tree in the family Arecaceae, native to Vanuatu, an island nation in the Pacific. It grows in the understory of primary and secondary tropical rain ...

'' (T.Moore) H.Wendl. * '' Licuala hallieriana'' Becc. * '' Licuala honbaensis'' A.J.Hend. & N.Q.Dung * '' Licuala honheoensis'' A.J.Hend. & N.Q.Dung * '' Licuala insignis'' Becc. * '' Licuala intermedia'' Saw * '' Licuala kamarudinii'' Saw * '' Licuala kemamanensis'' Furtado * '' Licuala khoonmengii'' Saw * '' Licuala kiahii'' Furtado * '' Licuala kingiana'' Becc. * '' Licuala klossii'' Ridl. * '' Licuala kuchingensis'' Saw * '' Licuala kunstleri'' Becc. * '' Licuala lambii'' Saw * '' Licuala lamdongensis'' A.J.Hend. & N.Q.Dung * '' Licuala lanata'' J.Dransf. * '' Licuala lanuginosa'' Ridl. * '' Licuala lauterbachii'' Dammer & K.Schum. * '' Licuala leopoldii'' Saw * '' Licuala leprosa'' Dammer ex Becc. * '' Licuala leptocalyx'' Burret * '' Licuala leucocarpa'' Saw * '' Licuala linearis'' Burret * '' Licuala longicalycata'' Furtado * '' Licuala longiflora'' A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.Dung * '' Licuala longipes'' Griff. * '' Licuala longispadix'' Banka & Barfod * '' Licuala macrantha'' Burret * '' Licuala maculata'' Saw * '' Licuala magna'' Burret * '' Licuala malajana'' Becc. * '' Licuala mattanensis'' Becc. * '' Licuala meijeri'' Saw * '' Licuala merguensis'' Becc. * '' Licuala micholitzii'' Ridl. * '' Licuala micrantha'' Becc. * '' Licuala mirabilis'' Furtado * '' Licuala miriensis'' Saw * '' Licuala modesta'' Becc. * ''

Licuala montana ''Licuala'' is a genus of Arecaceae, 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'' sp ...

'' Dammer & K.Schum. * '' Licuala moszkowskiana'' Becc. * '' Licuala moyseyi'' Furtado * '' Licuala mukahensis'' Saw * '' Licuala mustapana'' Saw * '' Licuala nana'' Blume * '' Licuala naumannii'' Burret * '' Licuala naumoniensis'' Becc. * '' Licuala nuichuaensis'' A.J.Hend. & N.Q.Dung * '' Licuala olivifera'' Becc. * '' Licuala oliviformis'' Becc. * '' Licuala oninensis'' Becc. * '' Licuala orbicularis'' Becc. * '' Licuala oryzoides'' Saw * '' Licuala pachycalyx'' Burret * '' Licuala pahangensis'' Furtado * '' Licuala palas'' Saw * '' Licuala paludosa'' Griff. * '' Licuala parviflora'' Dammer ex Becc. * ''

Licuala parvula ''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 fa ...

'' A.J.Hend. & N.Q.Dung * '' Licuala patens'' Ridl. * '' Licuala paucisecta'' Burret * '' Licuala peekelii'' Lauterb. * '' Licuala peltata'' Roxb. ex Buch.-Ham. * '' Licuala penduliflora'' (Blume) Zipp. ex Blume * '' Licuala petiolulata'' Becc. * '' Licuala pilosa'' Saw * '' Licuala pitta'' Barfod & Pongsatt. * '' Licuala platydactyla'' Becc. * '' Licuala polyschista'' K.Schum. & Lauterb. * '' Licuala poonsakii'' Hodel * '' Licuala pseudovalida'' Saw * '' Licuala pulchella'' Burret * '' Licuala pumila'' Blume * '' Licuala punctulata'' Burret * '' Licuala pusilla'' Becc. * ''

Licuala radula ''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 fa ...

'' Gagnep. * '' Licuala ramsayi'' (F.Muell.) Domin * '' Licuala reptans'' Becc. * '' Licuala rheophytica'' Saw * '' Licuala ridleyana'' Becc. * '' Licuala robinsoniana'' Becc. * '' Licuala robusta'' Warb. ex K.Schum. & Lauterb. * '' Licuala rubiginosa'' Saw * '' Licuala rumphii'' Blume * '' Licuala ruthiae'' Saw * '' Licuala sabahana'' Saw * '' Licuala sallehana'' Saw * '' Licuala sarawakensis'' Becc. * '' Licuala scortechinii'' Becc. * ''

Licuala simplex ''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 fa ...

'' (K.Schum. & Lauterb.) Becc. * '' Licuala spathellifera'' Becc. * '' Licuala spectabilis'' Miq. * '' Licuala spicata'' Becc. * '' Licuala spinosa'' Wurmb * '' Licuala steinii'' Burret * '' Licuala stipitata'' Burret * '' Licuala stongensis'' Saw * '' Licuala tanycola'' H.E.Moore * '' Licuala taynguyensis'' Barfod & Borchs. * '' Licuala telifera'' Becc. * '' Licuala tenuissima'' Saw * '' Licuala terengganuensis'' Saw * ''

Licuala thoana ''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 fa ...

'' Saw & J.Dransf. * '' Licuala tiomanensis'' Furtado * ''

Licuala triphylla ''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 f ...

'' Griff. * '' Licuala urciflora'' Barfod & Heatubun * '' Licuala whitmorei'' Saw * '' Licuala yiiana'' Saw

References

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