Arecaceae FAMILY

Livistona saribus

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Livistona saribus is a large, solitary-stemmed, evergreen, fan palm with an unbranched stem that can be up to 40 metres tall and 15 - 65cm in diameter. The stem is topped by a large and fairly dense, globose crown of 25 - 30 leaves with arching petioles 100 - 200cm long and leaf blades up to 170cm wide[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 297 Title Palms of the World Publication Author Blombery. A. & Rodd. T. Publisher Angus and Robertson Year 1992 ISBN 0-207-14848-1 Description An excellent guide, well illustrated, with information on cultivation, uses, habitat etc of almost 200 species of Palms. , 314 Title Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia. Publication Author Website http://www.pacsoa.org.au/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Contains at least a little information on the majority of palm and cycad species, plus a wealth of photographs. A first class website. , 1970 Title A Taxonomic Account of Livistona R.Br. (Arecaceae) Publication A Taxonomic Account of Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 60(2): 185-344. 2009 Author Dowe J.L. Publisher Year 2009 ISBN Description An excellent, detailed work, though it is a shame it does not include information on traditional and other uses. ]. The plant is sometimes gathered from the wild for local use as food, thatch, weaving etc. The plant is also cultivated in some parts of southeast Asia[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ]. It is often grown as an ornamental[ 1968 Title Palms of Southern Asia Publication Author Henderson A. Publisher Princeton University Press, New York Year 2009 ISBN 978-0-691-13449-9 Description An excellent concise guide ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - southern China, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines.

HabitatAn emergent palm of the tropical rainforest[ 314 Title Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia. Publication Author Website http://www.pacsoa.org.au/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Contains at least a little information on the majority of palm and cycad species, plus a wealth of photographs. A first class website. ]. Lowland rain forests or dry forests, often in periodically inundated habitats; at elevations from 600 - 1,100 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. Found as scattered individuals or in small to very large colonies[ 1970 Title A Taxonomic Account of Livistona R.Br. (Arecaceae) Publication A Taxonomic Account of Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 60(2): 185-344. 2009 Author Dowe J.L. Publisher Year 2009 ISBN Description An excellent, detailed work, though it is a shame it does not include information on traditional and other uses. ].