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Livistona saribus
Livistona saribus, the taraw or swamp serdang, is a tall fan palm from Southeast Asia that grows into a large tree, typically 12 to 18 metres. It is a species, not a genus, and is mostly grown outdoors in warm, wet tropical climates where it can be kept moist.
Livistona saribus, also known as the swamp serdang or taraw palm, is a species of palm tree in the family Arecaceae. It is native to tropical Borneo, Cambodia, Java, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.
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.
In Cambodia the leaves are used for thatch on huts and to make hats.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Livistona saribus 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.
