Livistona saribus, also known as the swamp serdang or taraw palm,[2] is a species of palm tree found in tropical Southeast Asia.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Tribe: | Trachycarpeae |
| Genus: | Livistona |
| Species: | L. saribus
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Common names
editOne of the vernacular names in the Cambodian language is triëk.[4] In Malay it is known as serdang, or sar in the state of Trengganu. The specific epithet saribus comes from a local name (for what was probably another palm species) in one of the Maluku languages: sariboe, as recorded by the Dutch.[5]
Description
editLivistona saribus produces blue fruits, and is cold hardy to twenty-four degrees Celsius. It has spines along the leaf stems which resemble shark teeth.[6][7] It usually grows to 12–18 metres (39–59 ft) in height,[5][6] exceptionally to 30.5 metres (100 ft).[5]
Distribution
editIt has a native distribution stretching through Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java and the Philippines. It is also reportedly naturalized in the Society Islands of French Polynesia and also in the Guangdong and Yunnan regions of China.[3]
It is widespread throughout Malaysia, but is rare in western Peninsular Malaysia, being found only in scattered localities on low hills. In the east, however, it forms extensive forests on the coastal hills in the state of Trengganu, and inland in the state of Pahang, as far south as to the Johore border.[5]
Ecology
editL. saribus may occur as scattered individuals or in small to very large colonies, at 0–600 m altitude; it has been recorded from tropical seasonal forests, rainforests, near watercourses and associated swamp-forests, peatforests and near mangroves.[2] It may also grow in closed, disturbed secondary forests.[4]
Uses
editIn Cambodia the leaves are used for thatch on huts and to make hats.[4]
References
edit- ^ The Plant List
- ^ a b PalmWeb: Livistona saribus (Lour.) Merr. ex A.Chev. (retrieved 15 January 2023)
- ^ a b "Livistona saribus". Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.
- ^ a b c Dy Phon, Pauline (2000). Plantes utilisees au Cambodge. Phnom Penh: Imprimerie Olympic. p. 406.
- ^ a b c d Whitmore, T.C. (1979). Palms of Malaya. 2nd impression (2 ed.). Petaling Jaya: Oxford University Press. pp. 72, 73. ISBN 0-19-580368X.
- ^ a b Chevalier, Auguste Jean Baptiste (1919). "Livistona saribus". Bulletin Économique de l'Indochine (in French). 21 (137): 501–502.
- ^ de Loureiro, João (1790). Corypha saribus in Flora cochinchinensis: sistens plantas in regno Cochinchina nascentes. Quibus accedunt aliæ observatæ in Sinensi imperio, Africa Orientali, Indiæque locis variis. Omnes dispositæ secundum systema sexuale Linnæanum (in Latin). Vol. 1. Ulyssipone. p. 212.
External links
edit- Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia: Livistona saribus
Media related to Livistona saribus at Wikimedia Commons
