Arenga

{{Short description|Genus of palms}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Aren pinna 070612 042 stgd.jpg

|image_caption = Arenga pinnata

|taxon = Arenga

|authority = Labill. ex DC.

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|synonyms =

• Saguerus Steck
• Gomutus Corrêa
• Blancoa Blume 1843, illegitimate homonym, not Lindl. 1840
• Didymosperma H.Wendl. & Drude ex Hook.f.

}}

Arenga is a genus of palms, native to Southeast Asia, southern China, New Guinea, and northern Australia.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=14659 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families][http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=102521 Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 151, 桄榔属 guang lang shu, Arenga Labillardière, Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris. 2: 162. 1800. ] They are small to medium-sized palms, growing to 2–20 m tall, with pinnate leaves 2–12 m long.Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1–223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.Henderson, A. (2009). Palms of Southern Asia: 1–197. Princeton university press, Princeton and Oxford. Arenga palms can grow in areas with little sunlight and relatively infertile soil.{{cite web| url = https://www.reuters.com/article/idUS115545511820110718| title = The Amazing Arenga Sugar Palm| website = Reuters}}