Dypsis cabadae (H.E. Moore) Beentje & J. Dransf.
Recent Synonyms: None relevant.
Status: Exotic; Cultivated only.
Growth Form or Habit: Clustering palm.
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.
Other Information:
Common Name: Giant Fishtail Palm.
Cyrtostachys renda Blume
Recent Synonyms: None relevant.
Status: Native; Extinct. Cultivated.
Growth Form or Habit: Clustering palm.
Other Information:
Common Name: Lipstick Palm, Sealing Wax Palm.
More pictures can be found at
(1) The Plant Observatory website
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.
Dypsis leptocheilos (Hodel) Beentje & J. Dransf.
Recent Synonyms: None relevant.
Status: Exotic; Cultivated only.
Growth Form or Habit: Solitary.
Licuala spinosa Thunb.
Recent Synonyms: None relevant.
Status: Native; Vulnerable. Cultivated.
Growth Form or Habit: Clustering.
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