Arecaceae FAMILY
Pinanga disticha
Pinanga disticha
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Pinanga disticha is a clump-forming, evergreen palm producing a thick clump of slender, unbranched stems 90 - 130cm tall and around 8mm in diameter[ 974 Title Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants - Identification and Cultivation of over 3,000 Tropical Plants Publication Author Ahmed Fayaz Publisher Firefly Books Ltd.; New Zealand Year 2011 ISBN 978-1-55407-489 Description A good photograph and terse but detailed information for over 3,000 species of tropical plants. An excellent reference. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental, valued especially for the shape and mottled appearance of its leaves..
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Peninsula Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra)
HabitatAn understorey plant of tropical forests, often forming large clumps; at elevations up to 1,200 metres[ 974 Title Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants - Identification and Cultivation of over 3,000 Tropical Plants Publication Author Ahmed Fayaz Publisher Firefly Books Ltd.; New Zealand Year 2011 ISBN 978-1-55407-489 Description A good photograph and terse but detailed information for over 3,000 species of tropical plants. An excellent reference. ].