{{Short description|Genus of palms}} {{distinguish|Likouala (disambiguation){{!}}Likouala}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Licuala grandis4.jpg | image_caption = ''Licuala grandis'' | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Licuala | authority = Wurmb{{R|POWO}} | synonyms_ref = <ref name="POWO"/> | synonyms = *''Pericycla'' <small>Blume</small> *''Dammera'' <small>K.Schum. & Lauterb.</small>| }} [[File:Licuala ramsayi.jpg|thumb|''Licuala ramsayi'']]
'''''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.{{R|POWO|WFO}}
==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 {{lang|ms|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.<ref>[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?6816 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Licuala''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924122125/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?6816 |date=24 September 2015 }}</ref> Several species of ''Licuala'' have been transferred into a new genus ''Lanonia''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Henderson|first1=Andrew J.|last2=Bacon|first2=Christine D.|date=2011|title=Lanonia (Arecaceae: Palmae), a New Genus from Asia, with a Revision of the Species|jstor=41416905|journal=Systematic Botany|volume=36|issue=4|pages=883–895|doi=10.1600/036364411x604903|s2cid=84318474 }}</ref>
==Species== {{As of|2026|3}}, ''Plants of the World Online'' accepts the following 149 species:{{R|POWO}}
{{columns-list|colwidth=22em| *''Licuala acuminata'' {{small|Burret}} *''Licuala acutifida'' {{small|Mart.}} *''Licuala adscendens'' {{small|Barfod & Heatubun}} *''Licuala ahlidurii'' {{small|Saw}} *''Licuala anomala'' {{small|Becc.}} *''Licuala atrovirens'' {{small|Saw}} *''Licuala atroviridis'' {{small|A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.Dung}} *''Licuala averyanovii'' {{small|A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.Dung}} *''Licuala bachmaensis'' {{small|A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.Dung}} *''Licuala bacularia'' {{small|Becc.}} *''Licuala bakeri'' {{small|Barfod & Heatubun}} *''Licuala bankae'' {{small|Barfod & Heatubun}} *''Licuala bayana'' {{small|Saw}} *''Licuala bellatula'' {{small|Becc.}} *''Licuala bidentata'' {{small|Becc.}} *''Licuala bidoupensis'' {{small|A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.Dung}} *''Licuala bifida'' {{small|Heatubun & Barfod}} *''Licuala bintulensis'' {{small|Becc.}} *''Licuala bissula'' {{small|Miq.}} *''Licuala borneensis'' {{small|Becc.}} *''Licuala bracteata'' {{small|Gagnep.}} *''Licuala brevicalyx'' {{small|Becc.}} *''Licuala bruneiana'' {{small|Saw}} *''Licuala burretii'' {{small|Saw}} *''Licuala cabalionii'' {{small|Dowe}} *''Licuala caespitosa'' {{small|A.J.Hend. & N.Q.Dung}} *''Licuala cameronensis'' {{small|Saw}} *''Licuala campestris'' {{small|Saw}} *''Licuala cattienensis'' {{small|A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.Dung}} *''Licuala celebica'' {{small|Miq.}} *''Licuala chaiana'' {{small|Saw}} *''Licuala coccinisedes'' {{small|Barfod & Heatubun}} *''Licuala collina'' {{small|Saw}} *''Licuala cordata'' {{small|Becc.}} *''Licuala corneri'' {{small|Furtado}} *''Licuala dakrongensis'' {{small|A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & B.V.Thanh}} *''Licuala densiflora'' {{small|Becc.}} *''Licuala distans'' {{small|Ridl.}} *''Licuala egregia'' {{small|Saw}} *''Licuala elegans'' {{small|Blume}} *''Licuala ellipsoidalis'' {{small|A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.Dung}} *''Licuala elliptica'' {{small|Saw}} *''Licuala essigii'' {{small|Barfod & Heatubun}} *''Licuala exigua'' {{small|Saw}} *''Licuala ferruginea'' {{small|Becc.}} *''Licuala ferruginoides'' {{small|Becc.}} *''Licuala flammula'' {{small|Saw}} *''Licuala flexuosa'' {{small|Burret}} *''Licuala fordiana'' {{small|Becc.}} *''Licuala fractiflexa'' {{small|Saw}} *''Licuala glaberrima'' {{small|Gagnep.}} *''Licuala glabra'' {{small|Griff.}} *''Licuala graminifolia'' {{small|Heatubun & Barfod}} *''Licuala grandiflora'' {{small|Ridl.}} *''Licuala grandis'' {{small|(T.Moore) H.Wendl.}} *''Licuala hairulii'' {{small|Saw}} *''Licuala hallieriana'' {{small|Becc.}} *''Licuala heatubunii'' {{small|Barfod & W.J.Baker}} *''Licuala honbaensis'' {{small|A.J.Hend. & N.Q.Dung}} *''Licuala honheoensis'' {{small|A.J.Hend. & N.Q.Dung}} *''Licuala insignis'' {{small|Becc.}} *''Licuala intermedia'' {{small|Saw}} *''Licuala kamarudinii'' {{small|Saw}} *''Licuala kemamanensis'' {{small|Furtado}} *''Licuala khoonmengii'' {{small|Saw}} *''Licuala kiahii'' {{small|Furtado}} *''Licuala kingiana'' {{small|Becc.}} *''Licuala kuchingensis'' {{small|Saw}} *''Licuala kunstleri'' {{small|Becc.}} *''Licuala lambii'' {{small|Saw}} *''Licuala lamdongensis'' {{small|A.J.Hend. & N.Q.Dung}} *''Licuala lanata'' {{small|J.Dransf.}} *''Licuala lanuginosa'' {{small|Ridl.}} *''Licuala lauterbachii'' {{small|Dammer & K.Schum.}} *''Licuala leopoldii'' {{small|Saw}} *''Licuala leucocarpa'' {{small|Saw}} *''Licuala longicalycata'' {{small|Furtado}} *''Licuala longiflora'' {{small|A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.Dung}} *''Licuala longipes'' {{small|Griff.}} *''Licuala longispadix'' {{small|Banka & Barfod}} *''Licuala maculata'' {{small|Saw}} *''Licuala malajana'' {{small|Becc.}} *''Licuala mattanensis'' {{small|Becc.}} *''Licuala meijeri'' {{small|Saw}} *''Licuala merguensis'' {{small|Becc.}} *''Licuala micholitzii'' {{small|Ridl.}} *''Licuala mirabilis'' {{small|Furtado}} *''Licuala miriensis'' {{small|Saw}} *''Licuala modesta'' {{small|Becc.}} *''Licuala montana'' {{small|Dammer & K.Schum.}} *''Licuala moyseyi'' {{small|Furtado}} *''Licuala mukahensis'' {{small|Saw}} *''Licuala multibracteata'' {{small|Barfod & Heatubun}} *''Licuala mustapana'' {{small|Saw}} *''Licuala nana'' {{small|Blume}} *''Licuala nuichuaensis'' {{small|A.J.Hend. & N.Q.Dung}} *''Licuala olivifera'' {{small|Becc.}} *''Licuala oliviformis'' {{small|Becc.}} *''Licuala orbicularis'' {{small|Becc.}} *''Licuala oryzoides'' {{small|Saw}} *''Licuala pahangensis'' {{small|Furtado}} *''Licuala palas'' {{small|Saw}} *''Licuala paludosa'' {{small|Griff.}} *''Licuala parviflora'' {{small|Dammer ex Becc.}} *''Licuala parvula'' {{small|A.J.Hend. & N.Q.Dung}} *''Licuala patens'' {{small|Ridl.}} *''Licuala peekelii'' {{small|Lauterb.}} *''Licuala peltata'' {{small|Roxb. ex Buch.-Ham.}} *''Licuala penduliflora'' {{small|(Blume) Zipp. ex Blume}} *''Licuala petiolulata'' {{small|Becc.}} *''Licuala pilosa'' {{small|Saw}} *''Licuala pitta'' {{small|Vatch. ex Barfod & Pongsatt.}} *''Licuala poonsakii'' {{small|Hodel}} *''Licuala pseudovalida'' {{small|Saw}} *''Licuala pumila'' {{small|Blume}} *''Licuala punctulata'' {{small|Burret}} *''Licuala pusilla'' {{small|Becc.}} *''Licuala radula'' {{small|Gagnep.}} *''Licuala ramsayi'' {{small|(F.Muell.) Domin}} *''Licuala reptans'' {{small|Becc.}} *''Licuala rheophytica'' {{small|Saw}} *''Licuala ridleyana'' {{small|Becc.}} *''Licuala robinsoniana'' {{small|Becc.}} *''Licuala rubiginosa'' {{small|Saw}} *''Licuala rumphii'' {{small|Blume}} *''Licuala ruthiae'' {{small|Saw}} *''Licuala sabahana'' {{small|Saw}} *''Licuala sallehana'' {{small|Saw}} *''Licuala sandsiana'' {{small|Barfod & Heatubun}} *''Licuala sarawakensis'' {{small|Becc.}} *''Licuala scortechinii'' {{small|Becc.}} *''Licuala simplex'' {{small|(K.Schum. & Lauterb.) Becc.}} *''Licuala spathellifera'' {{small|Becc.}} *''Licuala spectabilis'' {{small|Miq.}} *''Licuala spicata'' {{small|Becc.}} *''Licuala spinosa'' {{small|Wurmb}} *''Licuala stipitata'' {{small|Burret}} *''Licuala stongensis'' {{small|Saw}} *''Licuala suprafolia'' {{small|Barfod & Heatubun}} *''Licuala taynguyensis'' {{small|Barfod & Borchs.}} *''Licuala telifera'' {{small|Becc.}} *''Licuala tenuissima'' {{small|Saw}} *''Licuala terengganuensis'' {{small|Saw}} *''Licuala thoana'' {{small|Saw & J.Dransf.}} *''Licuala tiomanensis'' {{small|Furtado}} *''Licuala triphylla'' {{small|Griff.}} *''Licuala urciflora'' {{small|Barfod & Heatubun}} *''Licuala whitmorei'' {{small|Saw}} *''Licuala yiiana'' {{small|Saw}} }}
==References== {{Reflist|26em|refs= <ref name="POWO">{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:326022-2 |title=''Licuala'' Wurmb |date=2026 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=27 March 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="WFO">{{cite web |url=https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-4000021687 |title=''Licuala'' Wurmb |website=World Flora Online |publisher=World Flora Online Consortium |year=2026 |access-date=27 March 2026}}</ref>
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{{Arecaceae genera}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q281747}}
Category:Licuala Category:Arecaceae genera Category:Flora of Indomalesia