Licuala

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Licuala ramsayi

Licuala is a genus of palms, in the tribe Trachycarpeae, commonly found in tropical forests of southern China, Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, New Guinea and the western Pacific Ocean islands.[1][2][3][4][5]

Description and uses

Licuala spp. are fan palms, with the leaves mostly circular in outline, sometimes undivided but more usually divided into wedge-shaped segments. Licuala acutifida is the source of cane for the walking stick nicknamed the Penang-lawyer by colonials, probably from the Malay phrase Script error: No such module "Lang". for a wild areca, although the term may also refer to the use of these canes as deadly knobkerries to assassinate litigious enemies.[6] Several species of Licuala have been transferred into a new genus Lanonia.[7]

Species

Plants of the World Online as of February 2021 includes 167 accepted species:[1]

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References

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  2. ↑ Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. ↑ Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 148, 轴榈属 zhou lü shu, Licuala Wurmb, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst. 2: 473. 1780
  4. ↑ Saw, L.G. (2012). A revision of Licuala (Arecaceae, Coryphoideae) in Borneo. Kew Bulletin 67: 577-654.
  5. ↑ Heatubun, C.D., Barfod, A.S. 2008, Two new species of 'Licuala' (Arecaceae; Coryphoideae) from Western new Guinea. Blumea. 53(2): 429–434.
  6. ↑ Germplasm Resources Information Network: Licuala Template:Webarchive
  7. ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
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