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Arenga
| Arenga | |
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| Arenga pinnata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Tribe: | Caryoteae |
| Genus: | Arenga Labill. ex DC. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Arenga is a genus of palms, native to Southeast Asia, southern China, New Guinea, and northern Australia.[1][2] They are small to medium-sized palms, growing to 2–20 m tall, with pinnate leaves 2–12 m long.[3][4] Arenga palms can grow in areas with little sunlight and relatively infertile soil.[5]
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 151, 桄榔属 guang lang shu, Arenga Labillardière, Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris. 2: 162. 1800.
- ^ Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1–223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Henderson, A. (2009). Palms of Southern Asia: 1–197. Princeton university press, Princeton and Oxford.
- ^ "The Amazing Arenga Sugar Palm". Reuters.
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