Arecaceae FAMILY

Daemonorops fissa

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Daemonorops fissa is a very spiny, evergreen climbing palm producing a cluster of unbranched stems that can be 30 metres long and 30 - 40mm in diameter[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. , 548 Title Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden Calcutta. Vol. 12, Pt. 1 Publication Author Beccari O. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Bengal Secretariat Press; Calcutta. Year 1911 ISBN Description A monograph of the genus Daemonorops. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The stems scramble through the surrounding vegetation and into the canopies of the trees. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and as a material for weaving etc.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Borneo.

HabitatDisturbed sites, swampy areas, sides of streams, and is particularly frequent in secondary forest on alluvial sites; it also occurs on hills at elevations up to 800 metres[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ].