What is "arenga"

Areng \A*reng"\, ||Arenga \A*ren"ga\, n. [Malayan.] A palm tree ( Saguerus saccharifer) which furnishes sago, wine, and fibers for ropes; the gomuti palm.

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.

1. Arenga australasica (H.Wendl. & Drude) S.T.Blake ex H.E.Moore - Queensland
2. Arenga brevipes Becc. - Sumatra, Borneo
3. Arenga caudata (Lour.) H.E.Moore - Guangxi, Hainan, Indochina
4. Arenga distincta Mogea - Borneo
5. Arenga engleri Becc. - Taiwan
6. Arenga hastata (Becc.) Whitmore - Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
7. Arenga hookeriana (Becc.) Whitmore - Thailand, Malaysia
8. Arenga listeri Becc. - Christmas Island
9. Arenga longicarpa C.F.Wei - Guangdong
10. Arenga longipes Mogea - Sumatra
11. Arenga micrantha C.F.Wei - Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh
12. Arenga microcarpa Becc. in K.M.Schumann & U.M.Hollrung - Maluku, New Guinea, Northern Territory of Australia
13. Arenga mindorensis Becc. - Mindoro
14. Arenga obtusifolia Mart.- Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Java
15. Arenga pinnata (Wurmb) Merr. - Assam, Indochina, Philippines, Sulawesi; naturalized in southern China, Benin, Maluku, New Guinea, Hawaii
16. Arenga plicata Mogea - Sumatra
17. Arenga porphyrocarpa (Blume ex Mart.) H.E.Moore - Java, Sumatra
18. Arenga retroflorescens H.E.Moore & Meijer - Sabah
19. Arenga ryukyuensis A.J.Hend - Ryukyu Islands
20. Arenga talamauensis Mogea - Sumatra
21. Arenga tremula (Blanco) Becc. - Philippines
22. Arenga undulatifolia Becc. - Borneo, Palawan, Sulawesi
23. Arenga westerhoutii Griff. - southern China, Indochina, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Bhutan
24. Arenga wightii Griff. - Tamil Nadu

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