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Arenga micrantha (Tibetan Sugar Palm)

Wikipedia Abstract

Arenga micrantha, also known as the Tibetan Sugar Palm, is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae (Palm) family, found in the Cloud forests of Tibet, Bhutan, and North-East India. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, between 1400 and 2150 m. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is a solitary palm that grows up to 2m in height and 15 cm in diameter, with 3m long leaves and 1m long inflorescences. It requires pollination to fruit, and rarely flowers. It is probably the most cold hardy species in the genus. It is sometimes used as material to build shelters.
View Wikipedia Record: Arenga micrantha

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Arenga micrantha

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium
Fruit Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Height [2]  6.56 feet (2 m)

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1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
2Kissling, W. Daniel et al. (2019), Data from: PalmTraits 1.0, a species-level functional trait database for palms worldwide, v4, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.ts45225
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0