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Plectocomia pierreana is a spiny climbing palm (a rattan-type liana) from the forests of mainland Southeast Asia and southern China, growing up to about 35 m long. It needs a warm, humid, shaded forest-like setting and is not a common container plant.
Plectocomia pierreana is a species of liana in the Arecaceae, or palm tree, family. It is a spiny climber, with either a single stem or a cluster of stems up to 35 m in length, stems are 1 to 9 cm in diameter. Its spines are up to 2 cm long.
The palm is native to Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and China.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Plectocomia pierreana 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.
