Palms   Areca latiloba

Distribution & Habitat: Malay Peninsula and Borneo rainforest. Description: A medium sized, solitary palm to about 3m tall, with a small head of leaves. It has a greeen trunk trunk to about 8cm wide. Culture: Warm, sheltered, and moist. Not very common in cultivation

Figure 1. A. latiloba infructescence

Figure 2. Looking into the crown of a tall A. latiloba , Jeram Tai, Malaya.

Contributed by:

Mike Gray (Figure 1&2)

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