Eugeissona minor
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Description
A slender palm. The trunk is supported by prop roots. These thorny roots are up to 2 meters long. It forms clumps. Above this are palm-like leaf stalks, a meter long. The leaves are 6 m long on leaf stalks almost as long. They are stiff and do not arch over. The leaflets are widely spaced and 1 m long. They grow in a single flat plane. The fruit are hard and brown. Young fruit are eaten.
Edible Uses
Young fruit are eaten.
Distribution
It is a tropical and subtropical plant. It grows in moist, wet heathland in Kalimantan.
Where It Grows
Asia, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, SE Asia,
Notes
There are 6 Eugeissona species. Roots good for walking stick (tongkat), also fish trap (bubu).
References (1)
- Jones, D.L., 1994, Palms throughout the World. Smithtonian Institution, Washington. p 213
