| Taraw palm | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Genus: | Livistona |
| Species: | L. saribus |
| Binomial name | |
| Livistona saribus (Lour.) Merr. ex A.Chev. |
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Livistona saribus, commonly known as taraw palm, is a species of palm tree from Thailand in the Livistona genus. It produces blue fruits, and is cold hardy to twenty-four degrees.
Taraw grows to forty feet (12 m) in height and prefers moist soil. It has spines along the leaf stems which resemble shark teeth.