Arecaceae FAMILY

Myrialepis paradoxa

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Myrialepis paradoxa is a spiny, evergreen, climbing palm producing a cluster of unbranched stems. The stems can be up to 40 metres long, 20 - 70mm in diameter, with internodes 12 - 27cm long[ 701 Title Asean Tropical Plant Database Publication Author Website http://211.114.21.20/tropicalplant/index.jsp Publisher Year ISBN Description Terse details, with photos, of many of the plants growing in the tropical forests of southeast Asia. Gives some details of plant uses along with a description of the plant and its range. , 1019 Title A Field Guide of the Rattans of Cambodia Publication Author Khou Eang Hourt Publisher World Wildlife Fund Year 2008 ISBN Description A draft publication giving an excellent concise guide to the various rattan species growing in Cambodia. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for mainly local use as a source of materials for furniture making. It is sold in local markets[ 1019 Title A Field Guide of the Rattans of Cambodia Publication Author Khou Eang Hourt Publisher World Wildlife Fund Year 2008 ISBN Description A draft publication giving an excellent concise guide to the various rattan species growing in Cambodia. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - northeast India, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra)

HabitatFound in a wide range of habtas from severely degraded forest to semi-evergreen forest at elevations up to 300 metres[ 1019 Title A Field Guide of the Rattans of Cambodia Publication Author Khou Eang Hourt Publisher World Wildlife Fund Year 2008 ISBN Description A draft publication giving an excellent concise guide to the various rattan species growing in Cambodia. ]. Lowland to montane rain forest, usually at forest margins or in disturbed places, at elevations up to 1,600 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 ].