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In Singapore: Langkap, Westerhout's Sugar Palm (Grown in Singapore)
Arenga westerhoutii is a single-stemmed evergreen palm of tropical rainforest, reaching about 12 m tall with a trunk around 40 cm across, and grown for its ornamental value. It is best suited to warm, humid conditions with some shelter and shade when young.
Arenga westerhoutii is a single-stemmed, evergreen palm found in tropical rainforest. It grows up to 12 meters tall and is one of the largest species in the genus Arenga. The unbranched stem is about 40cms in diameter. The palm has ornamental value. It is distributed in Bangladesh, India (Assam), Cambodia, East Himalaya, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, and Thailand.
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Arenga westerhoutii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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.
