Licuala spinosa Thunb.

Description:

Pendang, Kedah, Malaysia.Licuala spinosa Thunb. Arecaceae. CN: [Malay - Palas duri], Mangrove fan palm, Spiny Licuala. Native to India (Andaman and Nicobar), Indo-China (Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam), Malesia (Indonesia - Java, Kalimantan, Sumatra; Malaysia; Philippines). clumping fan palm to 6 m tall. Habitat - damp open sites, slightly swampy ground, lowland alluvial forest, peat and mangrove swamp forest, beach forest, primary forest. Water Loving Palm found in coastal areas.; also cultivated in villages. Its young shoots used as glutinous rice wrappers in the northern states of peninsular Malaysia and Thailand.Ref. and suggested reading:FRIM Flora Databasewww.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-2402168www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?22053www.palmpedia.net/wiki/Licuala_spinosaitp.lucidcentral.org/id/palms/palm-id/Licuala_spinosa.htm