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Useful Tropical Plants

Wallichia oblongifolia

Griff.

Arecaceae

+ Synonyms

Harina densiflora (Mart.) Walp.

Harina oblongifolia (Griff.) Griff.

Wallichia densiflora Mart.

Common Name:

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General Information

Wallichia oblongifolia is a clump-forming, evergreen palm with short, often subterranean stems that with time can reach up to 100cm tall and 40cm in diameter. Each stem has around 7 - 10 meaves around 150 - 250cm long with a petiole up to 200cm long[
1975
Title
A Revision of Wallichia (Palmae)
Publication
Taiwania, 52(1): 1-11, 2007
Author
Henderson A.
Publisher
 
Year
2007
ISBN
 
Description
 
].
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of materials.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

266
Title
Flora of China
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/
Publisher
Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis.
Year
1994
ISBN
 
Description
An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
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1975
Title
A Revision of Wallichia (Palmae)
Publication
Taiwania, 52(1): 1-11, 2007
Author
Henderson A.
Publisher
 
Year
2007
ISBN
 
Description
 

Range

E. Asia - Himalayan regions of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, northern Myanmar, southern China (Yunnan)

Habitat

Lowland or montane rain forest, especially in rocky places on steep slopes; at elevations from 200 - 1,200 metres[
1975
Title
A Revision of Wallichia (Palmae)
Publication
Taiwania, 52(1): 1-11, 2007
Author
Henderson A.
Publisher
 
Year
2007
ISBN
 
Description
 
].

Properties

Other Uses Rating *  *
HabitEvergreen Shrub
Height2.50 m
Cultivation StatusWild

Cultivation Details



Species in this genus are generally monoecious. However, in the wild this species has only been seen with either all staminate or all pistillate inflorescences, never both, and thus there is a possibility that this species is dioecious[
1975
Title
A Revision of Wallichia (Palmae)
Publication
Taiwania, 52(1): 1-11, 2007
Author
Henderson A.
Publisher
 
Year
2007
ISBN
 
Description
 
].

Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

None known

Other Uses

The leaves are used for thatching and making brooms[
1975
Title
A Revision of Wallichia (Palmae)
Publication
Taiwania, 52(1): 1-11, 2007
Author
Henderson A.
Publisher
 
Year
2007
ISBN
 
Description
 
]..

Propagation

Seed -
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