Pinanga modesta
Becc.
Lampigi
ArecaceaeShoots
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Cabbage, Palm heart
The bud is cooked and eaten, and the palm heart is harvested as a vegetable.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. They occur in primary forest at low and medium altitudes up to1200 m in the Philippines. They are reported from Mindanao.
Asia, Pacific, Philippines, SE Asia,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Fiji, Micronesia, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Marshall Islands, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Nauru, New Zealand, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pakistan, Palau, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tonga, Turkey, Tuvalu, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Vanuatu, Samoa, Yemen
How to Identify
A slender and very small palm. The stems are 1 to 3 cm across. The leaves are short with very few (4 or 5) unequal 3- to 7-ribbed segments on each side of the axis of the leaf. The flower arrangement is a flower spike along a central axis with 3 or 4 branches only. The fruit are exactly in two rows and narrowly oval with a conical point. They are 15 to 16 mm by 6 or 7 mm. The seed has a tail at the base.
References (2)
- Monsalud, M.R., Tongacan, A.L., Lopez, F.R., & Lagrimas, M.Q., 1966, Edible Wild Plants in Philippine Forests. Philippine Journal of Science. p 521
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
