Areca triandraRoxb. ex Buch.-Ham.

WFO wfo-0000263352 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 4 separate observations

Areca triandra, photographed by Jens-Christian Svenning
fig. a Jens-Christian Svenning, CC BY 4.0 / 2000-11-10 / obs. 75406362
Areca triandra, photographed by Jens-Christian Svenning
fig. b Jens-Christian Svenning, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 75364528
Areca triandra, photographed by Jens-Christian Svenning
fig. c Jens-Christian Svenning, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 75404711
Areca triandra, photographed by Jens-Christian Svenning
fig. d Jens-Christian Svenning, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 75417343

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Native range 14 botanical countries

Regions where Areca triandra is native: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, East Himalaya, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam AssamBangladeshBorneoCambodiaEast HimalayaLaosMalayaMyanmarPhilippinesSumateraThailandVietnam Andaman Is.Nicobar Is.
Native distribution of Areca triandra, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Assam ASS
Bangladesh BAN
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
Laos LAO
Malaya MLY
Myanmar MYA
Nicobar Is. NCB
Philippines PHI
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 11 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Areca aliceae W.Hill ex F.Muell.
  • Areca borneensis Becc.
  • Areca humilis Blanco ex H.Wendl.
  • Areca laxa Buch.-Ham.
  • Areca nagensis Griff.
  • Areca polystachya (Miq.) H.Wendl.
  • Areca triandra var. bancana Scheff.
  • Areca triandra var. laxa (Buch.-Ham.) Becc.
  • Areca triandra var. nagensis (Griff.) Becc.
  • Nenga nagensis (Griff.) Scheff.
  • Ptychosperma polystachyum Miq.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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