Skip to content
2Learn

Arenga palm or southern arenga

Arenga australasica

About

Arenga australasica, commonly known as arenga palm or southern arenga, is a plant in the palm family Arecaceae found only in the Northern Territory and Queensland, Australia. It has a clustering habit and it may reach 20 m (66 ft) in height with a trunk diameter of 30 cm (12 in). Fronds can be up to 4 m (13 ft) long with numerous leaflets, dark green above and grey underneath. Inflorescences are produced from the bases of the fronds and can reach a length of 2 m, carrying numerous pendant panicles of flowers. The flowers are in clusters of 3 with one pistillate and two staminate flowers. The red or purple fruit are almost spherical in shape, about 28 mm (1.1 in) diameter and contain two or three seeds.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA

Family
Arecaceae

Ecology

How it lives

Propagated by
Seed
Full detailsevery field on the record, to copy
Name
Arenga australasica
Slug
arenga-australasica
Kingdom
Plantae
Family
Arecaceae
Genus
Arenga
Species
australasica
Propagule type
seed
Container suitable
No
Indoor suitable
No
OSSI pledged
No
Hazard level
1
Data completeness
43

Generated sections & citations

summarywikipedia