Pinanga mooreana

Botanical Description

Pinanga mooreana is a clump forming, evergreen palm producing a rather close clump of unbranched stems usually around 8 metres or more tall and 25 - 35mm in diameter. Each stem is topped bty a crown of 6 - 8 leaves that can each be up to 300cm long including the petiole. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of a masticatory and various materials.