Formosa Palm Coconut Palms south of Toliara

south of Toliara

usually on protected slopes and gullies or rainforest margins and coastal forests on stabilised sand dunes and sand hills

Also known as the Chestnut Dioon

brown-grey in colour is upright and smooth but marked by rings of fallen leaves

Khmer: japloo | ចាព្លូ

Formosa Palm Coconut Palms south of ToliaraArenga engleri, also known as Formosa Palm and Dwarf Sugar Palm is a beautiful clustering palm, small to medium in size to around 3m. Long fish tailed shaped pinnate leaves, dark green on top, silvery underneath, twist gracefully. Each trunk is covered with delicate black fibres. Evergreen, this palm prefers partial shade and will take quite a few degrees of frost. One of the best palms to display a tropical look. It is still a palm which is not often