''Arenga'' is a genus of palms, native to

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, southern

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, and northern

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/ref> They are small to medium-sized palms, growing to 2–20 m tall, with pinnate

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2–12 m long. Arenga palms can grow in areas with little sunlight and relatively infertile soil.

Species

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Arenga australasica ''Arenga'' is a genus of palms, native to Southeast Asia, southern China, New Guinea, and northern Australia. They are small to medium-sized palms, growing to 2–20 m tall, with pinnate leaves 2–12 m long. Arenga palms can grow in areas wi ...

'' (H.Wendl. & Drude) S.T.Blake ex H.E.Moore – Queensland * '' Arenga brevipes''

Becc. Odoardo Beccari (16 November 1843 – 25 October 1920) was an Italian botanist famous for his discoveries in Indonesia, particularly New Guinea, and Australia. He has been called the greatest botanist to ever study Malesia. His author abbrevi ...

– Sumatra, Borneo * '' Arenga caudata'' (Lour.) H.E.Moore – Guangxi, Hainan, Indochina * '' Arenga distincta'' Mogea – Borneo * ''

Arenga engleri ''Arenga engleri'', or the Formosa palm, Taiwan sugar palm, dwarf sugar palm, or Taiwan arenga palm, is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. The plant rarely grows more than 10 ft. tall, with a stem diameter of 6in. and a ...

'' Becc. – Taiwan * '' Arenga hastata'' (Becc.) Whitmore – Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra * '' Arenga hookeriana'' (Becc.) Whitmore – Thailand, Malaysia * ''

Arenga listeri ''Arenga listeri'', the Lister's palm, is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is named after naturalist Joseph Jackson Lister. It is endemic to Christmas Island and is threatened by habitat loss. The palm is featured on a ...

'' Becc. – Christmas Island * '' Arenga longicarpa'' C.F.Wei – Guangdong * '' Arenga longipes'' Mogea – Sumatra * '' Arenga micrantha'' C.F.Wei – Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh * '' Arenga microcarpa'' Becc. in K.M.Schumann & U.M.Hollrung – Maluku, New Guinea, Northern Territory of Australia * '' Arenga mindorensis'' Becc. – Mindoro * '' Arenga obtusifolia'' Mart.- Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Java * ''

Arenga pinnata ''Arenga pinnata'' (syn. ''Arenga saccharifera'') is an economically important feather palm native to tropical Asia, from eastern India east to Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines in the east. Common names include sugar palm, areng palm (als ...

'' (Wurmb) Merr. – Assam, Indochina, Philippines, Sulawesi; naturalized in southern China, Benin, Maluku, New Guinea, Hawaii * '' Arenga plicata'' Mogea – Sumatra * '' Arenga porphyrocarpa'' (Blume ex Mart.) H.E.Moore – Java, Sumatra * '' Arenga retroflorescens'' H.E.Moore & Meijer – Sabah * '' Arenga ryukyuensis'' A.J.Hend – Ryukyu Islands * '' Arenga talamauensis'' Mogea – Sumatra * '' Arenga tremula'' (Blanco) Becc. – Philippines * '' Arenga undulatifolia'' Becc. – Borneo, Palawan, Sulawesi * '' Arenga westerhoutii'' Griff. – southern China, Indochina, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Bhutan * '' Arenga wightii'' Griff. – India File:Arenga_engleri_01.JPG, ''

References

Flora of Indomalesia Arecaceae genera {{palm-stub