Areca gurita
Octopus Palm
Very rare species
A small, rare, clustering palm, described as recently as 2011 from the rainforests of Sarawak on the island of Borneo. Its botanical name refers to the resemblance of its curious recurving inflorescence to the tentacles of an octopus. Areca gurita is endangered in it native habitat through deforestation and has not been introduced into cultivation yet outside of Malaysia.
