Arenga

Arenga is a genus of palms, native to Southeast Asia, southern China, New Guinea, and northern Australia. They are small to medium-sized palms, growing to 2–20 m tall, with pinnate leaves 2–12 m long. Arenga palms can grow in areas with little sunlight and relatively infertile soil.

Species

• Arenga australasica <small>(H.Wendl. & Drude) S.T.Blake ex H.E.Moore</small> – Queensland
• Arenga brevipes <small>Becc.</small> – Sumatra, Borneo
• Arenga caudata <small>(Lour.) H.E.Moore</small> – Guangxi, Hainan, Indochina
• Arenga distincta <small>Mogea</small> – Borneo
• Arenga engleri <small>Becc.</small> – Taiwan
• Arenga hastata <small>(Becc.) Whitmore</small> – Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
• Arenga hookeriana <small>(Becc.) Whitmore</small> – Thailand, Malaysia
• Arenga listeri <small>Becc.</small> – Christmas Island
• Arenga longicarpa <small>C.F.Wei</small> – Guangdong
• Arenga longipes <small>Mogea</small> – Sumatra
• Arenga micrantha <small>C.F.Wei</small> – Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh
• Arenga microcarpa <small>Becc. in K.M.Schumann & U.M.Hollrung</small> – Maluku, New Guinea, Northern Territory of Australia
• Arenga mindorensis <small>Becc.</small> – Mindoro
• Arenga obtusifolia <small>Mart.</small>- Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Java
• Arenga pinnata <small>(Wurmb) Merr.</small> – Assam, Indochina, Philippines, Sulawesi; naturalized in southern China, Benin, Maluku, New Guinea, Hawaii
• Arenga plicata <small>Mogea</small> – Sumatra
• Arenga porphyrocarpa <small>(Blume ex Mart.) H.E.Moore</small> – Java, Sumatra
• Arenga retroflorescens <small>H.E.Moore & Meijer</small> – Sabah
• Arenga ryukyuensis <small>A.J.Hend</small> – Ryukyu Islands
• Arenga talamauensis <small>Mogea</small> – Sumatra
• Arenga tremula <small>(Blanco) Becc.</small> – Philippines
• Arenga undulatifolia <small>Becc.</small> – Borneo, Palawan, Sulawesi
• Arenga westerhoutii <small>Griff.</small> – southern China, Indochina, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Bhutan
• Arenga wightii <small>Griff.</small> – India

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