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Licuala spinosa
In Singapore: Palas, Mangrove Fan Palm, Spiny Licuala Palm (Native to Singapore, Least Concern)
Mangrove fan palm is a clump-forming palm native to wet fresh and salt water areas of Southeast Asia, grown for its fan-shaped leaves. It needs full sun and plenty of moisture to thrive.
Licuala spinosa, also known as the mangrove fan palm, is a species of palm in the genus Licuala. The plant is native to the wet places of fresh and salt water of Southeast Asia.
A Cambodian name for L. spinosa is pha'aw, in that region its leaves are used to make hats and wrap food. Its heart and terminal bud prepared as a vegetable are appreciated by Cambodians. In traditional Cambodian medicine, both a febrifuge remedy and for a preparation for the health of the foetus, use the root of the palm in compounds, while the bark of the trunk is used to treat tuberculosis.
Ferruginous Fan Palm · Ruffled Fan Leaf Palm · Licuala orbicularis · Licuala peltata · Fan palm
[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 Licuala spinosa 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.
