Areca triandra

{{Short description|Species of palm}}

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|image = Areca triandra - Leaves.jpg

|status = LC

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). |author2=IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group |date=2018 |title=Areca triandra |volume=2018 |page=e.T111452558A136140625 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T111452558A136140625.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

|genus = Areca

|species = triandra

|authority = Roxb. ex Buch.-Ham.

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Areca triandra, the wild areca palm,{{GRIN | access-date = 19 January 2021}} is a palm which is often used as ornamental plant. It is native to India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. It is also reportedly naturalized in Panama and in southern China.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=14645 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families,Areca triandra ] As a wild plant, it commonly occurs in littoral forest in Southeast Asia.