Nibung Tree Trunks

Other Local Name Nibong Malaysia, Nibung Indonesia Growth Habit Tree Characteristic A palm that grows to about 30 meters tall. It has thorns along its trunks. Care Requirements Prefers full sun and can tolerate lots of watering. Images Location Penang, Malaysia.

Others - Plant Morphology Flower Inflorescences ramified multi-branched, yellow, up to 80 cm long, infrafoliar emerging from below the fronds, armed flowers arranged in groups of 3 2 male flowers to 1 female flower.Fruit Fruits globose, 1 cm in diamater, mildly-depressed, purple to black single-seeded. Cultivation It thrives in the hot, suntrap, humid conditions of the tropical

Areca nibung Mart. Areca spinosa Hasselt amp Kunth Euterpe filamentosa Kunth Oncosperma filamentosum Kunth Oncosperma tigillarium grows to 12m possibly up to 30m in height in dense thickets of up to 50 palm trees. The trunks of the palms are covered with long black spines. Oncosperma tigilarium has finely pinnate leaves, with drooping

Seeds of the Borneo Palm Oncosperma tigillarium also known as the Nibung Palm in Bahasa quotThornsquot. Endemic to the forests of Borneo. Its main characteristic is that its entire trunk is protected by a cluster of thorns that reach 10 cm in length. Tall and very vigorous palm tree with a totally tropical appearance.

Oncosperma tigillarium Family Arecaceae Local name Nibung Habitat The species is known from inland, lower salinity waters, near mangrove swamps of Indochina, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines in Southeast Asia. It is native to these areas west of the Wallace Line growing at elevations below 150 metres. It is endangered in some areas due to deforestation,

Common names nibung Malay lao-cha-own Thai nibong palm, nibung palm, wild palm English palmeira-nibung Portuguese. The Oncosperma tigillarium Jack Ridl. 1864 is a densely cespitose species with trunks that may reach the 30 m with a diameter up to 15 cm, of light bronze colour on which are evident the rings trace of the junction

Nibung Palm. Sort By Like . photo contributed by Kevin Connor Close. Country Of Origin This is a tall, slender, palm with a trunk ringed with numerous old leaf scars and densely armed with scattered, slender black spines. Its crownshaft is also armed with spines. The dark green fronds are elegantly-arched. The multi branched inflorescence

Description Oncosperma tigillariumSN28522SN28522 is a very attractive cespitose species with droopy leaves and intensely spiny trunks that forms dense thickets of up to 50 palm trees. It is arguably one of the most beautiful palms in the world. Trunk Up to 25 m in height, usually only 10-15 cm or up to 25 cm in diameter, slender, straight or slightly curved, greyish, light brown colour

Etymology Oncosperma quotNibungquot is derived from the Greek onkos, a mass, heap, and sperma, a seed - swollen seed tigillium is from the Latin tigillum, diminutive of tignum, a tree trunk - and means 'of small trunks'. Ecology Seeds are dispersed by bats, large birds and monkeys.

One Nibung tree usually has 5-30 saplings, Nibung plant genus Oncosperma is one of the species in the group of palm plants Palmae, some of whose members are endemic plants in China 12. is a tall, clustered palm tree, usually 6 to 12 mature trunks for each bunch and a very thick crown. It belongs to the Arecaceae family and is widely