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CHOICE OF PALMS AND CYCADS FOR LANDSCAPE IN MALAYSIA
PILIHAN POKOK PALMA DAN CYCADS UNTUK LANSKAP DI MALAYSIA

WODYETIA BIFURCATA

Common Name: foxtail palm, Pinang ekor musang

Suitable for residential landscape

Wodyetia bifurcata at Kuantan port, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia

CARYOTA MITIS

Common Name: Fishtail palm, Clustered fishtail palm, tukas

Not suitable for residential landscape (fruits can cause itchiness)
Origin: South East Asia
Source of palm sugar (nira)
Maximum height: 8 meters
Flowering starts at the top of the stem and subsequently proceeds lower and lower down the stem. After last flowering almost at the base of the stem, the stem will die off and new stem will grow.

Caryota mitis / fishtail palm

VEITCHIA MERRILLII

Common name: Manila palm, Dwarf royal palm, Adonidia palm, Christmas palm

Full sunlight
Maximum height: 5-6 meters
Suitable for courtyard, atrium and landscape of small area

Veitchia merrillii / manila palm at Kuantan port, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia

PHOENIX ROEBELENII

Common name: Dwarf date palm, pygmy date palm

Full sunlight area
Origin: South East Asia, south wesr China, Laos, North Vietnam
Suitable for residential landscape
Thorny fronds (Keep it away from children)
Maximum height: 3 meters
Popular ornamental plants, we usually plant it in pairs on grass mound in clean cut landscape

Phoenix roebelenii at Kuantan Port, Kuantan, pahang, Malaysia

COPERNICIA ALBA

Common name: Caranday palm, Caranda, Palma blanca

South American specie
Maximum Height 25 meters
Slow growing

Copernicia alba

LIVISTONA DICIPIENS

Common name: Ribbon fan palm, weeping cabbage palm

Full sunlight area
Suitable for residential landscape
Thorny fronds, we usually plant palm with 2 meters clear trunk height
Origin: Australia
Maximum height: 10 meters
Can withstand cold weather up to -10 degrees centigrade

Livistona decipiens

JOHANNESTEIJSMANNIA ALTIFRONS

Common name: Daun payung, Diamond joey, Joey palm

Shade area
Suitable for residential landscape

Johannesteijsmannia altifrons

LICUALA SPINOSA

Common name: Mangrove fan palm, Palas

Semi to fully shade
Thorny fronds
Not suitable for residential landscape as it occupy too much space

Licuala spinosa

ROYSTONEA SPECIES

ROYSTONEA REGIA
Synonym: Oreodoxa regia, Roystonea ventricosa
Common name: Royal palm

Full sunlight area
Not suitable for residential landscape as the palm is too big

Roystonea olearacea at Puncak, Indonesia

The trunk of Roystonea regia is slimmer at the base.

ROYSTONEA OLERACEA
Synonym: Roystonea caribaea
Common name: Carribean Royal palm

Full sunlight area
Not suitable for residential landscape as the palm is too big

The trunk of Roystonea oleraceae is bigger
at the bottom and tapered upward.

LICUALA GRANDIS

Synonym: Pritchardia grandis
Common name: Fan palm, Vanuatu Fan Palm, Palas payung

Thrive well in semi shade area
Suitable for residential landscape but keep it away from children due to thorny fronds

Licuala grandis

RHAPIS MULTIFIDA

Common name: Finger palm, Pinang rotan, monkey palm

Thrive well in semi shade area
Suitable as indoor plant and external landscape including for residential.
Maximum height: 2.5 meters
Use as patio, courtyard, pivot point, softening of wall, complimenting taller palm etc
Organic rich and well drain soil

Rhapis multifida

CYCAS REVOLUTA

Common name: Japanese cycas, King Sago Palm, Sago Palm

Full sunlight area
Suitable for residential landscape but keep it away from children, sharp leaves
Origin: Southern Japan
Maximum height: 7 meters
It grow best in sandy well drain soil with some organic
The most popular landscape soil and because it is very expensive only prestigious landscape project use this plants.
Very slow growing
Extremely poisonous to animal if ingested. All part of the plant contain toxin Cycasin.

Cycas revoluta

ARECA CATECHU

Common name: Areca nut, Areca nut palm, Pinang makan, Pinang kampung, Pinang, Puga, Supari

Full sunlight area
Origin; South East Asia
Penang in Malaysia was named after this palm tree
Suitable for residential landscape
Slow growing dwarf var. also available
Nuts chewed along with betel leaf throughout South East asia
The seed contains alkaloids namely, arecaine and arecoline

Areca catechu

WASHINGTONIA ROBUSTA

Common name: Mexican fan Palm, Mexican Washintonia

Full sunlight area
Origin: Mexico
Suitable for residential landscape with large compound
Maximum height: 30 meters
Shaggy skirt of dead fronds need constant removal
Prefer rich well drain soil
Use as formal grouping, street planting and groves in large open area.

Washingtona robusta at Bukit Jelutung, Shah Alam , Selangor, Malaysia

ZAMIA FURFURACEA

Common name: Cardboard palm

Use as specimen planting, salt resistance and can be use in beachaside planting
Origin: Coast of Mexico
Poisonous plant

Zamia furruracea

CYCAS RUMPHII

Common name:Malayan fern palm, Queen sago, Biak, Paku Gajah, Paku Laut, Intalappana, Pekis rady

Semi shade/Full sunlight area
Origin: South East Asia
Maximum height: 1o meters
seed contain glucoside, pakoein
The bark, seeds and asap use as poultice to treat sores.

Cycas rumphii

LIVISTONA ROTUNDIFOLIA

Common name: Serdang, Anahaw palm, footstool palm

Full sunlight area
Suitable for residential landscape, roadside planting and grouping
Thorny fronds, we usually plant palm with 2 meters clear trunk height

Livistona rotundifolia at Precint 1, Putrajaya, Malaysia

DYPSIS LUTESCENS

Synonym: Chrysalidorcarpus baronii var. littorallis, Chrysalidorcarpus lutescens
Common Name: Yellow cane palm, Butterfly palm, Golden cane palm

Semi shade/Full sunlight area

Suitable for residential landscape

Yellow cane palm,Taman Wetland, Putrajaya, Malaysia

RHAPIS EXCELSA

Synonym; Raphis flabelliformis

Common Name: Pinang rotan, Lady palm, monkey palm

Semi shade /Full sunlight
Suitable for residential landscape (Indoor and outdoor)

Rhapis excelsa atTaman Wetland, Putrajaya, Malaysia

COCOS NUCIEFERA

Common Name: Coconut, Kelapa

Full sunlight area

Cocos nuciefera

Fruits of Cocos nuciefera at Taman Wetland, Putrajaya, Malaysia

CYRTOSTACHYS RENDA BLUME

Common Name: Pinang merah, sealing wax palm

Semi shade/Full sunlight area

Suitable for residential landscape

Cyrtostachys renda at Taman Wetland, Putrajaya, Malaysia

PTYCHOSPERMA MACARTHURII

Synonym: Actinophloeus macarthurii, Kentia macarthurii
Common Name: Macarthur palm

Semi shade to full sunlight area
Suitable for residential landscape
Ripe fruits attracts birds
fruits not edible

Ptychosperma macarthurii at Taman Wetland, Putrajaya, Malaysia

HYOPHORBE LAGENICAULIS

Common Name: Bottle palm

Full sunlight area
Suitable for residential landscape (specimen planting)

Hyophorbe lagenicaulis at Taman Putra Perdana, Putrajaya, Malaysia

PHOENIX SYLVESTRIS

Common Name: Bilver date palm, sugar date palm

Full sunlight area
Suitable for residential landscape with large compound, roadside planting and grouping
Thorny fronds, we usually plant palm with 2 meters clear trunk height