Arecaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Hydriastele flabellata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Hydriastele flabellata is a clustering, evergreen palm foring a clump of very slender, unbranched stems up to 4 metres tall and 1 - 2cm in diameter. Each stem is topped by a crown of 4 - 8 leaves that are 35 - 90cm long including the petiole[ 1974 Title A monograph of Hydriastele (Areceae, Arecaceae) in New Guinea and Australia Publication Phytotaxa 370 (1): 001-092, 2018 Author Petoe P., Heatubun C.D. & Baker W.J. Website https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.370.1.1 Publisher Year 2018 ISBN 1179-3155 Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of materials. Hydriastele flabellata has a widespread but scattered distribution across New Guinea and there are no known direct threats. However deforestation is occurring across New Guinea and is driven by subsistence agriculture, commercial logging, plantations and mining, and this could have an impact in the future. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2019)[ 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 RangeAustralasia - New Guinea

HabitatAn understorey plant, growing in primary rainforest, mainly lowland, on slopes, ridges and riverbanks, growing on waterlogged alluvium, limestone karst and volcanic soils; at elevations up to 700 metres[ 1974 Title A monograph of Hydriastele (Areceae, Arecaceae) in New Guinea and Australia Publication Phytotaxa 370 (1): 001-092, 2018 Author Petoe P., Heatubun C.D. & Baker W.J. Website https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.370.1.1 Publisher Year 2018 ISBN 1179-3155 Description ].