Livistona saribus

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Livistona saribus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Tribe: Trachycarpeae
Genus: Livistona
Species:
L. saribus
Binomial name
Livistona saribus
Synonyms [1]
  • Corypha saribusLour.
  • Livistona cochinchinensis(Blume) Mart.
  • Livistona hasseltii(Hassk.) Hassk. ex Miq.
  • Livistona hoogendorpiiTeijsm. & Binn. ex Miq.
  • Livistona hoogendorpiihort. ex André
  • Livistona inaequisecta Becc.
  • Livistona spectabilisGriff.
  • Livistona tonkinensisMagalon
  • Livistona vogamiiBecc.
  • Sabal hoogendorpii(Teijsm. & Binn. ex Miq.) L.H.Bailey
  • Sabal hoogendorpii(Teijsm. & Binn. ex Miq.) Kuntze
  • Saribus cochinchinensisBlume
  • Saribus hasseltiiHassk.
  • Saribus hoogendorpii(Teijsm. & Binn. ex Miq.) Kuntze

Livistona saribus, also known as the swamp serdang or taraw palm, [2] is a species of palm tree found in tropical Southeast Asia. [3]

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Common names

One of the vernacular names in the Cambodian language is triëk. [4] In Malay it is known as serdang, or sar in the state of Trengganu. The specific epithet saribus comes from a local name (for what was probably another palm species) in one of the Maluku languages: sariboe, as recorded by the Dutch. [5]

Description

Livistona saribus produces blue fruits, and is cold hardy to twenty-four degrees Celsius. It has spines along the leaf stems which resemble shark teeth. [6] [7] It usually grows to 12–18 metres (39–59 ft) in height, [5] [6] exceptionally to 30.5 metres (100 ft). [5]

Distribution

It has a native distribution stretching through Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java and the Philippines. It is also reportedly naturalized in the Society Islands of French Polynesia and also in the Guangdong and Yunnan regions of China. [3]

It is widespread throughout Malaysia, but is rare in western Peninsular Malaysia, being found only in scattered localities on low hills. In the east, however, it forms extensive forests on the coastal hills in the state of Trengganu, and inland in the state of Pahang, as far south as to the Johore border. [5]

Ecology

L. saribus may occur as scattered individuals or in small to very large colonies, at 0–600 m altitude; it has been recorded from tropical seasonal forests, rainforests, near watercourses and associated swamp-forests, peatforests and near mangroves. [2] It may also grow in closed, disturbed secondary forests. [4]

Uses

In Cambodia the leaves are used for thatch on huts and to make hats. [4]

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References

  1. The Plant List
  2. 1 2 PalmWeb: Livistona saribus (Lour.) Merr. ex A.Chev. (retrieved 15 January 2023)
  3. 1 2 "Livistona saribus". Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.
  4. 1 2 3 Dy Phon, Pauline (2000). Plantes utilisees au Cambodge. Phnom Penh: Imprimerie Olympic. p. 406.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Whitmore, T.C. (1979). Palms of Malaya. 2nd impression (2 ed.). Petaling Jaya: Oxford University Press. pp. 72, 73. ISBN   0-19-580368X.
  6. 1 2 Chevalier, Auguste Jean Baptiste (1919). "Livistona saribus". Bulletin Économique de l'Indochine (in French). 21 (137): 501–502.
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