FLORA OF VIETNAM Arecaceae Phoenix roebelinii O’Brien var. mecongense
Lai Chau Prov., Muong Te Distr., Muong Te Municipality, Nam Cum village, around point 22°32′06″N 102°32′29″E.
Secondary evergreen forest on very steep rocky slopes and bluffs of Song Da River canyon composed with slid gray highly eroded limestone with quartzite dykes at elev. about 250-300 m a.s.l.
Terrestrial and lithophytic palm up to 2 m tall along water line of the river. Locally abundant.
HAL 10118 24 Nov. 2006 Photo. Coll.: Nguyen Tien Hiep, L.Averyanov, Pham Van The.