Arecaceae
Malaya sealing wax palm
Cyrtostachys renda
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Cyrtostachys
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Common names
By language (9)
- Cantonese
- 紅領椰子
- Chinese
- 紅椰子, 红椰子, 猩红椰, 红槟榔
- English
- Malaya sealing wax palm, Lipstick palm, Red sealing wax palm, Sealing wax palm, Sumatra wax palm, Rajah wax palm
- Hungarian
- Pecsétviaszpálma
- Indonesian
- Palem merah
- Japanese
- ショウジョウヤシ
- Persian
- نخل موم سرخ
- Sundanese
- Palem beureum
- Thai
- หมากแดง
Synonyms
- Areca erythrocarpa H.Wendl.
- Areca erythropoda Miq.
- Bentinckia renda (Blume) Mart.
- Cyrtostachys lakka Becc.
- Cyrtostachys lakka var. singaporensis Becc.
- Pinanga purpurea Miq.
- Pinanga rubricaulis Linden
- Ptychosperma coccineum Teijsm. & Binn.
Photos
LeavesPhoto: Drew Avery, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Whole plantPhoto: Moebiusuibeom-en at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Whole plantPhoto: Obsidian Soul, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Fruit: infructescencePhoto: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Whole plantPhoto: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Whole plantPhoto: Danielrengelm, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Whole plantPhoto: Drew Avery, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Whole plantPhoto: Patrick Bertin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Whole plantPhoto: Tucoxn, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Whole plantPhoto: prashanthns, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Whole plantPhoto: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Whole plantPhoto: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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). About our plant data.