Palm ID

[Ivorhooper]

Hi, please can anyone identify this palm?

I found it in the Rainforest Discovery Centre garden in Sabah, Borneo. It's not necessarily a native palm as the garden had an "American" section. Nothing was labelled either!

It's a very dainty thing, standing about 6 feet tall, with small crownshaft and what looked like stilt roots. The ripe fruit were bright red, and the seeds are an odd shape.

[Ivorhooper]

[Kennybenjamin]

Areca..... maybe Areca multifida?

[jardinierpalmiertrat]

i think areca insignis

 

 

 

 

[Ivorhooper]

7 hours ago, jardinierpalmiertrat said:

i think areca insignis

 

 

 

 

Thanks for the replies. Certainly looks like areca insignis, however the picture of the ripe fruit on rarepalmseeds shows them as fairly round?

Here's a pic of the seed with husk removed.