Bark
Stem solitary or clustered, erect, ringed with leaf scars; mature stems greyish-brown. The plant commonly produces several stems from the base.
Licuala spinosa
Syn. Licuala horrida
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
(LC)
Local name
- Mangrove Fan Palm (English)
Tree type
Evergreen
Deciduous
Family: Arecaceae
5m
Indicated uses
Medicinal
Edible
Ornamental
Avenue
Other
Flowering & fruiting
Flowering
Fruiting
Key characters
Leaves
Leaves are circular in outline, with narrow lobes with squared-off ends.
Flower
Flowers are borne in stalks arising from among the leaf bases, white or cream colour.
Fruit / Seeds
Fruit is bright red, the size of a marble (about 0.5 inch in diameter). Seed is small and round.
Did you know?
The genus name Licuala derives from “lkowala,” a local name used by Indigenous communities of Indonesia’s Maluku Islands. The species name spinosa comes from the Latin word for “thorny” or “spiny”—referring to the sharp, dark teeth lining its leaf stalks.
Distribution
Bangladesh to Philippines, Hawaii, Trinidad-Tobago