Arecaceae
Calappa palm
Arenga porphyrocarpa
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Arenga
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Arenga porphyrocarpaArecaceae
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 紫果桄榔
- English
- Calappa palm
Synonyms
- Blanco horsfieldii (Blume) Kuntze
- Blanco porphyrocarpa (Blume ex Mart.) Kuntze
- Blanco reinwardtiana (Miq.) Kuntze
- Caryota humilis Reinw. ex Kunth
- Didymosperma horsfieldii (Blume) H.Wendl. & Drude
- Didymosperma porphyrocarpum (Mart.) H.Wendl. & Drude ex Micheels
- Didymosperma porphyrocarpum (Blume ex Mart.) H.Wendl. & Drude ex Hook.f.
- Didymosperma reinwardtianum H.Wendl. & Drude
- Didymosperma reinwardtianum (Miq.) H.Wendl. & Drude ex B.D.Jacks.
- Orania porphyrocarpa Blume ex Mart.
- Wallichia horsfieldii Blume
- Wallichia orania Blume
- Wallichia porphyrocarpa (Blume ex Mart.) Mart.
- Wallichia reinwardtiana Miq.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: introduced
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.