S. and SE Asia: tropical rain forest, esp. primary forest, to 1500 m. Extreme minimum temp -3°C. Sap for wine, sugar (20 - 27 l/tree/day) - excellent quality; starch from trunk (100 - 150 kg/tree); fibre from leaf sheath; edible heart; fruit skin has stinging crystals. Casual cultivation, underdeveloped; fibre exported; wine, sugar, starch, local products; monocarpic; monoecious; solitary terminal flowering feather palm. Unimproved.
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