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{{Short description|Species of palm}}
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{{Speciesbox
|image = Livistona saribus Townsville Palmetum.jpg
|genus = Livistona
|species = saribus
| authority = (Lour.) Merr. ex A.Chev. 
|synonyms = *''Corypha saribus'' <small>Lour.</small>
*''Livistona cochinchinensis'' <small>(Blume) Mart.</small> 
*''Livistona hasseltii'' <small>(Hassk.) Hassk. ex Miq.</small>
*''Livistona hoogendorpii'' <small>Teijsm. & Binn. ex Miq.</small>
*''Livistona hoogendorpii'' <small>hort. ex André</small>
*''Livistona inaequisecta'' <small>[[Biography:Odoardo Beccari|Becc.]]</small>
*''Livistona spectabilis'' <small>Griff.</small>
*''Livistona tonkinensis'' <small>Magalon</small>
*''Livistona vogamii'' <small>Becc.</small>
*''Sabal hoogendorpii'' <small>(Teijsm. & Binn. ex Miq.) L.H.Bailey</small>
*''Sabal hoogendorpii'' <small>(Teijsm. & Binn. ex Miq.) Kuntze</small>
*''Saribus cochinchinensis'' <small>Blume</small>
*''Saribus hasseltii'' <small>Hassk.</small>
*''Saribus hoogendorpii'' <small>(Teijsm. & Binn. ex Miq.) Kuntze</small>
|synonyms_ref = <ref>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-114974 The Plant List]</ref>
}}

'''''Livistona saribus''''', also known as the '''swamp serdang''' or '''taraw palm''',<ref name = PW>[https://www.palmweb.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/8ec7c845-c0d1-438e-8726-1588b1b89401 PalmWeb: Livistona saribus (Lour.) Merr. ex A.Chev.] (retrieved 15 January 2023)</ref> is a [[Biology:Species|species]] of palm tree found in tropical [[Place:Southeast Asia|Southeast Asia]].<ref name=WCSPF>{{cite web |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=114974 |title=''Livistona saribus'' |website=Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families }}</ref>

==Common names==
One of the vernacular names in the Cambodian language is ''triëk''.<ref name="dyphon">{{cite book |last=Dy Phon |first=Pauline |title=Plantes utilisees au Cambodge |date=2000 |publisher=Imprimerie Olympic |location=Phnom Penh |page=406 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=InD2RAAACAAJ}}</ref> In [[Social:Malay language|Malay]] it is known as ''serdang'', or ''sar'' in the state of Trengganu. The specific epithet ''saribus'' comes from a local name (for what was probably another palm species) in one of the Maluku languages: ''sariboe'', as recorded by the Dutch.<ref name=Whitmore1970>{{cite book |last=Whitmore |first=T.C. |date=1979 |title=Palms of Malaya |others=2nd impression |edition=2 |location=Petaling Jaya |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=72, 73 |isbn=0-19-580368X}}</ref>

==Description==
''Livistona saribus'' produces blue fruits, and is [[Earth:Hardiness (plants)|cold hardy]] to twenty-four degrees Celsius. It has spines along the leaf stems which resemble shark teeth.<ref name=Chevalier1919>{{cite journal |last=Chevalier |first=Auguste Jean Baptiste |date=1919 |title=''Livistona saribus'' |journal=Bulletin Économique de l'Indochine |volume=21 |issue=137 |pages=501–502 |language=fr }}</ref><ref name=Loureiro1790>{{cite book |last=de Loureiro |first=João |author-link=João de Loureiro |date=1790 |title=''Corypha saribus'' in Flora cochinchinensis: sistens plantas in regno Cochinchina nascentes. Quibus accedunt aliæ observatæ in Sinensi imperio, Africa Orientali, Indiæque locis variis. Omnes dispositæ secundum systema sexuale Linnæanum |volume=1 |publisher=Ulyssipone |page=212 |language=la }}</ref> It usually grows to {{Convert|12|-|18|m|ft}} in height,<ref name=Whitmore1970/><ref name=Chevalier1919/> exceptionally to {{Convert|30.5|m|ft}}.<ref name=Whitmore1970/>

==Distribution==
It has a native distribution stretching through Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java and the {{wipe|Philippines}}. It is also reportedly naturalized in the Society Islands of French Polynesia and also in the Guangdong and Yunnan regions of {{wipe|China}}.<ref name=WCSPF/>

It is widespread throughout Malaysia, but is rare in western Peninsular Malaysia, being found only in scattered localities on low hills. In the east, however, it forms extensive forests on the coastal hills in the state of Trengganu, and inland in the state of Pahang, as far south as to the Johore border.<ref name=Whitmore1970/>

==Ecology==
''L.  saribus'' may occur as scattered individuals or in small to very large colonies, at 0-600 m altitude; it has been recorded from tropical seasonal forests, rainforests, near watercourses and associated [[Earth:Swamp|swamp]]-forests, peatforests and near [[Earth:Mangrove|mangrove]]s.<ref name = PW/>  It may also grow in closed, disturbed [[Earth:Secondary forest|secondary forest]]s.<ref name="dyphon"/>

==Uses==
In Cambodia the leaves are used for [[Physics:Thatching|thatch]] on huts and to make hats.<ref name="dyphon" />

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.pacsoa.org.au/palms/Livistona/saribus.html Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia: ''Livistona saribus''] 
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