It prefers tropical regions with a range of climates from rainforest to dry forest. It can be found at altitudes up to 1200 meters.
Sugar palm
The Arenga pinnata, also known as sugar palm or gomuti palm, is a versatile plant found in South and Southeast Asia. It is known for its multiple uses, including extracting sap for sugar and wine, obtaining starch from the trunk, and utilizing fiber from the leaf sheath. This palm tree has a tall spiny trunk, prickly foliage, and inedible fruit, making it an effective fence barrier in addition to its economic value.
Arenga pinnata
Country of origin: Assam and Burma
Other relevant information about Arenga pinnata (sugar palm, gomuti palm): - It is known for its tall and spiny trunk, which makes it an effective fence barrier. - The sap of the tree can be used to produce sugar and wine, with each tree yielding about 36 liters of sap per day. - The trunk of the tree can be a source of starch, with each tree yielding about 75 kilograms of starch. - The fiber from the leaf sheath of the tree is also utilized. - The heart of the tree is edible. - The fruit of the tree has a corrosive juice but the skin is edible. - Arenga pinnata is widely cultivated in India and Southeast Asia. - It is sometimes planted after shifting cultivation. - The fiber from the tree is exported. - The fruit of the tree is inedible. - Arenga pinnata is a monocarpic and monoecious plant. - It is a solitary terminal flowering feather palm. - The trunk of the plant has long spines. - The plant is unimproved. Please note that the provided information is not a descriptive paragraph but rather a capture of relevant details about the plant.
The soil preferences for Arenga pinnata (sugar palm, gomuti palm) include tropical rain forest to dry forest soils. It can tolerate a wide range of soil conditions and can grow in both moist and well-drained soils.
S. and SE Asia: inferred tropical rain forest into dry forest, to 1200 m; putatively wild, Assam and Burma. Sap for sugar, wine (36 l/tree/day); starch from trunk (75 kg/tree); fibre from leaf sheath; edible heart; juice of fruit corrosive but skin is edible; tall, spiny trunk and prickly foliage effective fence barrier. Widely cultivated India, SE Asia; sometimes planted after shifting cultivation; fibre exported; inedible fruit; monocarpic; monoecious; solitary terminal flowering feather palm; long spines on trunk. Unimproved.