Areca triandra

{{Short description|Species of palm}}

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|image = Areca triandra-2-JNTBGRI-kerala-India.jpg

|image_caption = In Kerala, India

|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.{{cite POWO |title=Areca triandra Roxb. ex Buch.-Ham. |id=664230-1 |access-date=7 May 2025}}

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{{Species list

| Areca aliceae | W.Hill ex F.Muell.

| Areca borneensis | Becc.

| Areca humilis | Blanco ex H.Wendl.

| Areca laxa | Buch.-Ham.

| Areca nagensis | Griff.

| Areca polystachya | (Miq.) H.Wendl.

| Nenga nagensis | (Griff.) Scheff.

| Ptychosperma polystachyum | Miq.

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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 Hawaii, Panama, Sri Lanka and southern China. As a wild plant, it commonly occurs in littoral forest in Southeast Asia.