The Total Vascular Flora of Singapore Online

Dypsis cabadae (H.E. Moore) Beentje & J. Dransf.

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Exotic; Cultivated only.

Growth Form or Habit: Clustering palm.

Taben Gardens; Cultivated; 2011.

Taben Gardens; Cultivated; 2011.

Caryota mitis Lour.

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Native, Common.

Growth Form or Habit: Clustering palm.

Central Catchment Nature Reserve; Forest edge; 2011.

Habitat: Lowland rainforest, secondary forest and disturbed places.

Distribution:  Andaman and Nicobar islands, Camobodia, China, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Borneo, Jav, Peninsular Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Sulawesi and Sumatra.

Other Information:

Common Name: Fishtail Palm.

Reference:

Henderson, A. 2009. Palms of Southern Asia. Princeton University Press. 199 pp.

Caryota no Becc.

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Exotic, Cultivated only.

Growth Form or Habit: Solitary palm.

Punggol; Cultivated; 2011.

Punggol; Cultivated; 2011.

Other Information:

Common Name: Giant Fishtail Palm.

Cyrtostachys renda Blume

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Native; Extinct. Cultivated.

Growth Form or Habit: Clustering palm.

Hougang; Cultivated; 2011.

Other Information:

Common Name: Lipstick Palm, Sealing Wax Palm.

More pictures can be found at

(1) The Plant Observatory website

Rhopaloblaste ceramica (Miq.) Burret

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Exotic; Cultivated only.

Singapore Botanic Gardens; Cultivated; 2010.

Singapore Botanic Gardens; Cultivated; 2010.

Plectocomiopsis geminiflora (Griff.) Becc.

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Native; Undetermined.

Growth Form or Habit: Clustering climber.

Central Catchment Nature Reserve; Lornie Trail; 2010.

Central Catchment Nature Reserve; Lornie Trail; 2010.

Distribution: Southeast Asia. In ‘Southern Burma, Southern Thailand, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo’.

Reference:

Tan, L. L., S. K. Y. Lum & A. H. B. Loo, 2011. Plectocomiopsis geminiflora (Griff.) Becc. (Arecaceae) — a new record for Singapore. Nature in Singapore, 4: 1–4.

Livistona rotundifolia (Lam.) Mart.

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Exotic; Cultivated only.

Growth Form or Habit: Solitary stem.

Queenstown; Cultivated; 2010.

Queenstown; Cultivated; 2010.

Queenstown; Cultivated; 2010.

Queenstown; Cultivated; 2010.

Dypsis leptocheilos (Hodel) Beentje & J. Dransf.

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Exotic; Cultivated only.

Growth Form or Habit: Solitary.

Queenstown; Cultivated; 2010.

Queenstown; Cultivated; 2010.

Queenstown; Cultivated; 2010.

Queenstown; Cultivated; 2010.

Licuala spinosa Thunb.

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Native; Vulnerable. Cultivated.

Growth Form or Habit: Clustering.

Pulau Ubin, Sungei Asam; 2010.

Johannesteijsmannia magnifica J. Dransf.

Recent Synonyms: None relevant.

Status: Exotic; Cultivated only.

Growth Form or Habit: Solitary and stemless. Leaves simple.

Pearl’s Hill City Park; Cultivated; 2010.

Distribution: Endemic to Peninsula Malaysia.