''Licuala'' is a genus of

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, in the tribe

Trachycarpeae Trachycarpeae is a tribe of palms in subfamily Coryphoideae of the plant family Arecaceae. It has the widest distribution of any tribe in Coryphoideae and is found on all continents (except Antarctica), though the greatest concentration of spec ...

, commonly found in

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s of southern China,

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, the

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and the western

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Description and uses

''Licuala'' spp. are fan palms, with the leaves mostly circular in outline, sometimes undivided but more usually divided into wedge-shaped segments. ''Licuala acutifida'' is the source of cane for the walking stick nicknamed the ''Penang-lawyer'' by colonials, probably from the Malay phrase for a wild

areca ''Areca'' is a genus of 51 species of palms in the family Arecaceae, found in humid tropical forests from the islands of the Philippines, Malaysia and India, across Southeast Asia to Melanesia. The generic name ''Areca'' is derived from a name ...

, although the term may also refer to the use of these canes as deadly

knobkerrie A knobkerrie, also spelled knobkerry, knobkierie, and knopkierie (Afrikaans), is a form of wooden club, used mainly in Southern and Eastern Africa. Typically they have a large knob at one end and can be used for throwing at animals in hunting or ...

s to assassinate litigious enemies. Several species of ''Licuala'' have been transferred into a new genus ''

Lanonia ''Lanonia'' is a genus of fan palms, in the tribe Trachycarpeae (subtribe: Livistoninae). It has a recorded native range from southern China to Indo-China and is also found in Java. Description and phylogeny ''Lanonia'' spp. are fan palms: ori ...

''.

Species

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Licuala acuminata ''Licuala'' is a genus of palms, in the tribe Trachycarpeae, commonly found in tropical forests of southern China, Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, New Guinea and the western Pacific Ocean islands. Description and uses ''Licuala'' spp. are fan ...

'' Burret * ''

Licuala acutifida ''Licuala'' is a genus of palms, in the tribe Trachycarpeae, commonly found in tropical forests of southern China, Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, New Guinea and the western Pacific Ocean islands. Description and uses ''Licuala'' spp. are f ...

'' Mart. * ''

Licuala adscendens ''Licuala'' is a genus of palms, in the tribe Trachycarpeae, commonly found in tropical forests of southern China, Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, New Guinea and the western Pacific Ocean islands. Description and uses ''Licuala'' spp. are fan ...

'' Barfod & Heatubun * ''

Licuala ahlidurii ''Licuala'' is a genus of palms, in the tribe Trachycarpeae, commonly found in tropical forests of southern China, Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, New Guinea and the western Pacific Ocean islands. Description and uses ''Licuala'' spp. are fan ...

'' Saw * ''

Licuala angustiloba ''Licuala'' is a genus of palms, in the tribe Trachycarpeae, commonly found in tropical forests of southern China, Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, New Guinea and the western Pacific Ocean islands. Description and uses ''Licuala'' spp. are fan ...

'' Burret * ''

Licuala anomala ''Licuala'' is a genus of palms, in the tribe Trachycarpeae, commonly found in tropical forests of southern China, Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, New Guinea and the western Pacific Ocean islands. Description and uses ''Licuala'' spp. are f ...

'' Becc. * ''

Licuala aruensis ''Licuala'' is a genus of palms, in the tribe Trachycarpeae, commonly found in tropical forests of southern China, Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, New Guinea and the western Pacific Ocean islands. Description and uses ''Licuala'' spp. are f ...

'' Becc. * ''

Licuala atrovirens ''Licuala'' is a genus of palms, in the tribe Trachycarpeae, commonly found in tropical forests of southern China, Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, New Guinea and the western Pacific Ocean islands. Description and uses ''Licuala'' spp. are f ...

'' Saw * ''

Licuala atroviridis ''Licuala'' is a genus of palms, in the tribe Trachycarpeae, commonly found in tropical forests of southern China, Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, New Guinea and the western Pacific Ocean islands. Description and uses ''Licuala'' spp. are f ...

'' A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.Dung * ''

Licuala averyanovii ''Licuala'' is a genus of palms, in the tribe Trachycarpeae, commonly found in tropical forests of southern China, Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, New Guinea and the western Pacific Ocean islands. Description and uses ''Licuala'' spp. are f ...

'' A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.Dung * ''

Licuala bachmaensis ''Licuala'' is a genus of palms, in the tribe Trachycarpeae, commonly found in tropical forests of southern China, Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, New Guinea and the western Pacific Ocean islands. Description and uses ''Licuala'' spp. are fan ...

'' A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.Dung * ''

Licuala bacularia ''Licuala'' is a genus of palms, in the tribe Trachycarpeae, commonly found in tropical forests of southern China, Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, New Guinea and the western Pacific Ocean islands. Description and uses ''Licuala'' spp. are f ...

'' Becc. * ''

Licuala bayana ''Licuala'' is a genus of palms, in the tribe Trachycarpeae, commonly found in tropical forests of southern China, Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, New Guinea and the western Pacific Ocean islands. Description and uses ''Licuala'' spp. are f ...

'' Saw * ''

Licuala beccariana ''Licuala'' is a genus of palms, in the tribe Trachycarpeae, commonly found in tropical forests of southern China, Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, New Guinea and the western Pacific Ocean islands. Description and uses ''Licuala'' spp. are f ...

'' (K.Schum. & Lauterb.) Furtado * ''

Licuala bellatula ''Licuala'' is a genus of palms, in the tribe Trachycarpeae, commonly found in tropical forests of southern China, Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, New Guinea and the western Pacific Ocean islands. Description and uses ''Licuala'' spp. are f ...

'' Becc. * ''Licuala bidentata'' Becc. * ''Licuala bidoupensis'' A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.Dung * ''Licuala bifida'' Heatubun & Barfod * ''Licuala bintulensis'' Becc. * ''Licuala bissula'' Miq. * ''Licuala borneensis'' Becc. * ''Licuala bracteata'' Gagnep. * ''Licuala brevicalyx'' Becc. * ''Licuala bruneiana'' Saw * ''Licuala burretii'' Saw * ''Licuala cabalionii'' Dowe * ''Licuala caespitosa'' A.J.Hend. & N.Q.Dung * ''Licuala cameronensis'' Saw * ''Licuala campestris'' Saw * ''Licuala cattienensis'' A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.Dung * ''Licuala celebica'' Miq. * ''Licuala chaiana'' Saw * ''Licuala collina'' Saw * ''Licuala concinna'' Burret * ''Licuala cordata'' Becc. * ''Licuala corneri'' Furtado * ''Licuala crassiflora'' Barfod * ''Licuala dakrongensis'' A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & B.V.Thanh * ''Licuala debilis'' Becc. * ''Licuala densiflora'' Becc. * ''Licuala distans'' Ridl. * ''Licuala egregia'' Saw * ''Licuala elegans'' Blume * ''Licuala ellipsoidalis'' A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.Dung * ''Licuala elliptica'' Saw * ''Licuala exigua'' Saw * ''Licuala ferruginea'' Becc. * ''Licuala ferruginoides'' Becc. * ''Licuala flammula'' Saw * ''Licuala flavida'' Ridl. * ''Licuala flexuosa'' Burret * ''Licuala fordiana'' Becc. * ''Licuala fractiflexa'' Saw * ''Licuala gjellerupii'' Becc. * ''Licuala glaberrima'' Gagnep. * ''Licuala glabra'' Griff. * ''Licuala graminifolia'' Heatubun & Barfod * ''Licuala grandiflora'' Ridl. * ''Licuala grandis'' (T.Moore) H.Wendl. * ''Licuala hallieriana'' Becc. * ''Licuala honbaensis'' A.J.Hend. & N.Q.Dung * ''Licuala honheoensis'' A.J.Hend. & N.Q.Dung * ''Licuala insignis'' Becc. * ''Licuala intermedia'' Saw * ''Licuala kamarudinii'' Saw * ''Licuala kemamanensis'' Furtado * ''Licuala khoonmengii'' Saw * ''Licuala kiahii'' Furtado * ''Licuala kingiana'' Becc. * ''Licuala klossii'' Ridl. * ''Licuala kuchingensis'' Saw * ''Licuala kunstleri'' Becc. * ''Licuala lambii'' Saw * ''Licuala lamdongensis'' A.J.Hend. & N.Q.Dung * ''Licuala lanata'' J.Dransf. * ''Licuala lanuginosa'' Ridl. * ''Licuala lauterbachii'' Dammer & K.Schum. * ''Licuala leopoldii'' Saw * ''Licuala leprosa'' Dammer ex Becc. * ''Licuala leptocalyx'' Burret * ''Licuala leucocarpa'' Saw * ''Licuala linearis'' Burret * ''Licuala longicalycata'' Furtado * ''Licuala longiflora'' A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.Dung * ''Licuala longipes'' Griff. * ''Licuala longispadix'' Banka & Barfod * ''Licuala macrantha'' Burret * ''Licuala maculata'' Saw * ''Licuala magna'' Burret * ''Licuala malajana'' Becc. * ''Licuala mattanensis'' Becc. * ''Licuala meijeri'' Saw * ''Licuala merguensis'' Becc. * ''Licuala micholitzii'' Ridl. * ''Licuala micrantha'' Becc. * ''Licuala mirabilis'' Furtado * ''Licuala miriensis'' Saw * ''Licuala modesta'' Becc. * ''Licuala montana'' Dammer & K.Schum. * ''Licuala moszkowskiana'' Becc. * ''Licuala moyseyi'' Furtado * ''Licuala mukahensis'' Saw * ''Licuala mustapana'' Saw * ''Licuala nana'' Blume * ''Licuala naumannii'' Burret * ''Licuala naumoniensis'' Becc. * ''Licuala nuichuaensis'' A.J.Hend. & N.Q.Dung * ''Licuala olivifera'' Becc. * ''Licuala oliviformis'' Becc. * ''Licuala oninensis'' Becc. * ''Licuala orbicularis'' Becc. * ''Licuala oryzoides'' Saw * ''Licuala pachycalyx'' Burret * ''Licuala pahangensis'' Furtado * ''Licuala palas'' Saw * ''Licuala paludosa'' Griff. * ''Licuala parviflora'' Dammer ex Becc. * ''Licuala parvula'' A.J.Hend. & N.Q.Dung * ''Licuala patens'' Ridl. * ''Licuala paucisecta'' Burret * ''Licuala peekelii'' Lauterb. * ''Licuala peltata'' Roxb. ex Buch.-Ham. * ''Licuala penduliflora'' (Blume) Zipp. ex Blume * ''Licuala petiolulata'' Becc. * ''Licuala pilosa'' Saw * ''Licuala pitta'' Barfod & Pongsatt. * ''Licuala platydactyla'' Becc. * ''Licuala polyschista'' K.Schum. & Lauterb. * ''Licuala poonsakii'' Hodel * ''Licuala pseudovalida'' Saw * ''Licuala pulchella'' Burret * ''Licuala pumila'' Blume * ''Licuala punctulata'' Burret * ''Licuala pusilla'' Becc. * ''Licuala radula'' Gagnep. * ''Licuala ramsayi'' (F.Muell.) Domin * ''Licuala reptans'' Becc. * ''Licuala rheophytica'' Saw * ''Licuala ridleyana'' Becc. * ''Licuala robinsoniana'' Becc. * ''Licuala robusta'' Warb. ex K.Schum. & Lauterb. * ''Licuala rubiginosa'' Saw * ''Licuala rumphii'' Blume * ''Licuala ruthiae'' Saw * ''Licuala sabahana'' Saw * ''Licuala sallehana'' Saw * ''Licuala sarawakensis'' Becc. * ''Licuala scortechinii'' Becc. * ''Licuala simplex'' (K.Schum. & Lauterb.) Becc. * ''Licuala spathellifera'' Becc. * ''Licuala spectabilis'' Miq. * ''Licuala spicata'' Becc. * ''Licuala spinosa'' Wurmb * ''Licuala steinii'' Burret * ''Licuala stipitata'' Burret * ''Licuala stongensis'' Saw * ''Licuala tanycola'' H.E.Moore * ''Licuala taynguyensis'' Barfod & Borchs. * ''Licuala telifera'' Becc. * ''Licuala tenuissima'' Saw * ''Licuala terengganuensis'' Saw * ''Licuala thoana'' Saw & J.Dransf. * ''Licuala tiomanensis'' Furtado * ''Licuala triphylla'' Griff. * ''Licuala urciflora'' Barfod & Heatubun * ''Licuala whitmorei'' Saw * ''Licuala yiiana'' Saw

References

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