Arenga

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 with little sunlight and relatively infertile soil.

==Species== Arenga australasica (H.Wendl. & Drude) S.T.Blake ex H.E.Moore – Queensland Arenga brevipes 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 & 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