Palms   Salacca dransfieldiana

Distribution & Habitat: Borneo rainforest - in a single lowland alluvial flat. Description: A small, clumping palm, with simple notched leaves. It is dioecious, but female plants are unknown, so it is thought that all the existing plants are vegetative offspring of a single parent. General: A very attractive plant for the tropical/warm sub-tropical garden. Culture: Warm, sheltered and moist. Can take temps down to 3°C, but doesn't like it. Figure 1. S. dransfieldiana in Semagoh National Park, Sarawak. Figure 2. S. dransfieldiana in cultivation, SE Queensland. Contributed by: Phillip Arrowsmith (Figure 1) Clayton York, Utopia Palms & Cycads (Figure 2) For further information try Monocot Checklist Palm Web