Arenga micrantha: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Arecales
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Arenga
- Species
- Arenga micrantha
- Scientific Name
- Arenga micrantha
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Arenga micrantha
Arenga micrantha, also known as the Tibetan sugar palm, is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae, 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 6m in height and 20 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.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Arenga australasica
- Arenga brevipes
- Arenga caudata
- Arenga distincta
- Arenga engleri
- Arenga hastata
- Arenga hookeriana
- Arenga listeri
- Arenga longicarpa
- Arenga longipes
- Arenga micrantha
- Arenga microcarpa
- Arenga mindorensis
- Arenga obtusifolia
- Arenga pinnata
- Arenga plicata
- Arenga porphyrocarpa
- Arenga retroflorescens
- Arenga ryukyuensis
- Arenga talamauensis
- Arenga tremula
- Arenga undulatifolia
- Arenga westerhoutii
- Arenga wightii












