# Licuala

Licuala is a genus of palms, in the tribe Trachycarpeae, commonly found in tropical forests of southern China, Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, New Guinea and the western Pacific Ocean islands.

## Description and uses

Licuala spp. are fan palms, with the leaves mostly circular in outline, sometimes undivided but more usually divided into wedge-shaped segments. Licuala acutifida is the source of cane for the walking stick nicknamed the Penang-lawyer by colonials, probably from the Malay phrase pinang liyar for a wild areca, although the term may also refer to the use of these canes as deadly knobkerries to assassinate litigious enemies. Several species of Licuala have been transferred into a new genus Lanonia.

## Species

Plants of the World Online as of February 2021 includes 167 accepted species:
* Licuala acuminata Burret
* Licuala acutifida Mart.
* Licuala adscendens Barfod & Heatubun
* Licuala ahlidurii Saw
* Licuala angustiloba Burret
* Licuala anomala Becc.
* Licuala aruensis Becc.
* Licuala atrovirens Saw
* Licuala atroviridis A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.Dung
* Licuala averyanovii A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.Dung
* Licuala bachmaensis A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.Dung
* Licuala bacularia Becc.
* Licuala bayana Saw
* Licuala beccariana (K.Schum. & Lauterb.) Furtado
* Licuala bellatula Becc.
* Licuala bidentata Becc.
* Licuala bidoupensis A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.Dung
* Licuala bifida Heatubun & Barfod
* Licuala bintulensis Becc.
* Licuala bissula Miq.
* Licuala borneensis Becc.
* Licuala bracteata Gagnep.
* Licuala brevicalyx Becc.
* Licuala bruneiana Saw
* Licuala burretii Saw
* Licuala cabalionii Dowe
* Licuala caespitosa A.J.Hend. & N.Q.Dung
* Licuala cameronensis Saw
* Licuala campestris Saw
* Licuala cattienensis A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.Dung
* Licuala celebica Miq.
* Licuala chaiana Saw
* Licuala collina Saw
* Licuala concinna Burret
* Licuala cordata Becc.
* Licuala corneri Furtado
* Licuala crassiflora Barfod
* Licuala dakrongensis A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & B.V.Thanh
* Licuala debilis Becc.
* Licuala densiflora Becc.
* Licuala distans Ridl.
* Licuala egregia Saw
* Licuala elegans Blume
* Licuala ellipsoidalis A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.Dung
* Licuala elliptica Saw
* Licuala exigua Saw
* Licuala ferruginea Becc.
* Licuala ferruginoides Becc.
* Licuala flammula Saw
* Licuala flavida Ridl.
* Licuala flexuosa Burret
* Licuala fordiana Becc.
* Licuala fractiflexa Saw
* Licuala gjellerupii Becc.
* Licuala glaberrima Gagnep.
* Licuala glabra Griff.
* Licuala graminifolia Heatubun & Barfod
* Licuala grandiflora Ridl.
* Licuala grandis (T.Moore) H.Wendl.
* Licuala hallieriana Becc.
* Licuala honbaensis A.J.Hend. & N.Q.Dung
* Licuala honheoensis A.J.Hend. & N.Q.Dung
* Licuala insignis Becc.
* Licuala intermedia Saw
* Licuala kamarudinii Saw
* Licuala kemamanensis Furtado
* Licuala khoonmengii Saw
* Licuala kiahii Furtado
* Licuala kingiana Becc.
* Licuala klossii Ridl.
* Licuala kuchingensis Saw
* Licuala kunstleri Becc.
* Licuala lambii Saw
* Licuala lamdongensis A.J.Hend. & N.Q.Dung
* Licuala lanata J.Dransf.
* Licuala lanuginosa Ridl.
* Licuala lauterbachii Dammer & K.Schum.
* Licuala leopoldii Saw
* Licuala leprosa Dammer ex Becc.
* Licuala leptocalyx Burret
* Licuala leucocarpa Saw
* Licuala linearis Burret
* Licuala longicalycata Furtado
* Licuala longiflora A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.Dung
* Licuala longipes Griff.
* Licuala longispadix Banka & Barfod
* Licuala macrantha Burret
* Licuala maculata Saw
* Licuala magna Burret
* Licuala malajana Becc.
* Licuala mattanensis Becc.
* Licuala meijeri Saw
* Licuala merguensis Becc.
* Licuala micholitzii Ridl.
* Licuala micrantha Becc.
* Licuala mirabilis Furtado
* Licuala miriensis Saw
* Licuala modesta Becc.
* Licuala montana Dammer & K.Schum.
* Licuala moszkowskiana Becc.
* Licuala moyseyi Furtado
* Licuala mukahensis Saw
* Licuala mustapana Saw
* Licuala nana Blume
* Licuala naumannii Burret
* Licuala naumoniensis Becc.
* Licuala nuichuaensis A.J.Hend. & N.Q.Dung
* Licuala olivifera Becc.
* Licuala oliviformis Becc.
* Licuala oninensis Becc.
* Licuala orbicularis Becc.
* Licuala oryzoides Saw
* Licuala pachycalyx Burret
* Licuala pahangensis Furtado
* Licuala palas Saw
* Licuala paludosa Griff.
* Licuala parviflora Dammer ex Becc.
* Licuala parvula A.J.Hend. & N.Q.Dung
* Licuala patens Ridl.
* Licuala paucisecta Burret
* Licuala peekelii Lauterb.
* Licuala peltata Roxb. ex Buch.-Ham.
* Licuala penduliflora (Blume) Zipp. ex Blume
* Licuala petiolulata Becc.
* Licuala pilosa Saw
* Licuala pitta Barfod & Pongsatt.
* Licuala platydactyla Becc.
* Licuala polyschista K.Schum. & Lauterb.
* Licuala poonsakii Hodel
* Licuala pseudovalida Saw
* Licuala pulchella Burret
* Licuala pumila Blume
* Licuala punctulata Burret
* Licuala pusilla Becc.
* Licuala radula Gagnep.
* Licuala ramsayi (F.Muell.) Domin
* Licuala reptans Becc.
* Licuala rheophytica Saw
* Licuala ridleyana Becc.
* Licuala robinsoniana Becc.
* Licuala robusta Warb. ex K.Schum. & Lauterb.
* Licuala rubiginosa Saw
* Licuala rumphii Blume
* Licuala ruthiae Saw
* Licuala sabahana Saw
* Licuala sallehana Saw
* Licuala sarawakensis Becc.
* Licuala scortechinii Becc.
* Licuala simplex (K.Schum. & Lauterb.) Becc.
* Licuala spathellifera Becc.
* Licuala spectabilis Miq.
* Licuala spicata Becc.
* Licuala spinosa Wurmb
* Licuala steinii Burret
* Licuala stipitata Burret
* Licuala stongensis Saw
* Licuala tanycola H.E.Moore
* Licuala taynguyensis Barfod & Borchs.
* Licuala telifera Becc.
* Licuala tenuissima Saw
* Licuala terengganuensis Saw
* Licuala thoana Saw & J.Dransf.
* Licuala tiomanensis Furtado
* Licuala triphylla Griff.
* Licuala urciflora Barfod & Heatubun
* Licuala whitmorei Saw
* Licuala yiiana Saw