''Arenga'' is a genus of palms, native to Southeast Asia, southern

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, New Guinea, 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'' Odoardo Beccari, Becc. – Sumatra, Borneo * ''Arenga caudata'' (Lour.) H.E.Moore – Guangxi, Hainan, Indochina * ''Arenga distincta'' Mogea – Borneo * ''Arenga engleri'' Becc. – Taiwan * ''Arenga hastata'' (Becc.) Whitmore – Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra * ''Arenga hookeriana'' (Becc.) Whitmore – Thailand, Malaysia * ''Arenga listeri'' 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 & Udo Max Hollrung, U.M.Hollrung – Maluku, New Guinea, Northern Territory of Australia * ''Arenga mindorensis'' Becc. – Mindoro * ''Arenga obtusifolia'' Mart.- Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Java * ''Arenga pinnata'' (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, ''Arenga engleri''

References

Arenga, Flora of Indomalesia Arecaceae genera {{palm-stub