Pinanga punicea
Merr.
Arecaceae Edible: Cabbage, Palm heart
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Description
A solitary palm. The sections between the upper nodes are green. The leaf sheath forms a tube shaped crown-shaft. This has rust coloured hairs. The leaflets are along the leaf stalk.
Edible Uses
The cabbage (palm heart) is edible.
Distribution
A tropical plant. It Papua New Guinea it only occurs in the Sandaun and Western Provinces. It grows in lowland rainforest.
Where It Grows
Asia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, PNG, SE Asia,
Notes
There are about 120 Pinanga species.
References (2)
- Barfod, A.S., Banka R., and Dowe, J. L., 2001, Field Guide to Palms in Papua New Guinea. AAU Reports 40 Department of Systematic Botany University of Aarhus. Denmark. p 54
- Burkill, I.H., 1966, A Dictionary of the Economic Products of the Malay Peninsula. Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Vol 2 (I-Z) p 1759
