Licuala tiomanensis

Licuala (lik-oo-AH-lah) tiomanensis (tee-oh-mah-NEN-sis)
Photo-Malaysian Biological Diversity
Scientific Classification
Genus: Licuala (lik-oo-AH-lah) Species: tiomanensis (tee-oh-mah-NEN-sis)
Synonyms
None set.
Native Continent
Asia
Morphology
Habit: Solitary Leaf type: Costapalmate
Culture
Survivability index
Common names
Red Tioman Fan Palm

Habitat and Distribution

MALAY PENINSULA: Pahang, Bukit Kajang in

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insula Tioman, alt. 3,300 ft.

Description

This species resembles L. Ridleyana, L. peninsularis, etc. in having simple branches to the spadix, but in the characters of the flowers it is easily confused with L. modesta. Unfortunately L. tiomanensis is known only from a single specimen containing only one leaf which may not be typical of the species. Fruits are not known. collected also on Gunong Kajang in Pulau Tioman at an alt. 2,500 .ft. seems to belong here, but no flowers are present in the Singapore herbarium, though from the collector's notes it appears that the flowers were present in the collection. The petiole is very much longer in this specimen and may have been over 3% feet long; the partial inflorescences arise very high above the apex of the spathes. The collector notes that the plant which supplied this specimen is 15-20 feet in height. (e-taxonomy.org) (1940) Editing by edric.

Culture

Tropical Moist Forest, Cold Hardiness Zone: 10b

Comments and Curiosities

This rare palm, rather small, is native only in the forests of the rugged peaks of Tioman Island, east of Peninsular Malaysia, where it grows around 1000 m. It has a slender trunk, lonely and has leaves with long stems, fan-shaped, blue gray on the underside and shaped by wide segments, with a variable width. His long, slender stalks represent one of its most notable features and range in color from yellow to deep red. In cultivation, it is ideal for tropical and warm temperate climates, frost. (RPS.com)