Eugeissona brachystachys
Ridl.
Tahan bertram
Arecaceae Edible: Fruit, Stem starch
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Description
A small clumping palm. The leaves are 5 m long. The leaf stalks are 2 m long. The leaves arch over. The leaves have long drawn out tips. The leaflets are widely and regularly spaced. They are 1 m long. They are sword shaped. They grow in a almost flat plane. Damaged parts produce white sap.
Edible Uses
The immature fruit is edible. Starch extracted from the stem is edible.
Traditional Uses
The immature fruit is edible. The starch from the stem can be extracted and is edible.
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Distribution
A tropical plant. It grows in low mountainous rainforest.
Where It Grows
Asia, Malaysia, SE Asia,
Notes
There are about 6 Eugeissona species.
References (3)
- Haynes, J., & McLaughlin, J., 2000, Edible palms and Their Uses. University of Florida Fact sheet MCDE-00-50-1 p 6
- Johnson, D.V., 1998, Tropical palms. Non-wood Forest products 10. FAO Rome. p 44
- Jones, D.L., 1994, Palms throughout the World. Smithtonian Institution, Washington. p 213
