Arecaceae FAMILY Critically Endangered

Pinanga tashiroi

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Pinanga tashiroi is a usually clump forming, evergreen palm with a cluster of unbranched stems up to 5 metres tall and 5cm in diameter; each stem is topped by a crown of leaves that are up to 150cm long with a petiole to 60cm[ 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 ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a masticatory. Pinanga tashiroi is classified as 'Critically Endangered' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2004)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - Taiwan

HabitatAn understorey plant in lowland rain forest; at elevations up to 450 metres[ 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 ].