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Arenga obtusifolia
Arenga obtusifolia, Lang Kap, is a clump-forming palm from Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo and Java that spreads by long rhizomes into clonal colonies. It needs a warm, humid, wet tropical climate and a shaded or partly shaded spot while young.
Arenga obtusifolia is a flowering plant in the palm family Arecaceae native to Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo and Java. It is unusual among palms in that it forms rhizomes up to 9 m (30 ft) in length, forming clonal colonies.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
