Voiavoi PRODUCT NAME
Phoenix hanceana Naudin. var philippinensis Becc. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Voiavoi |
| Local Name: | Voiavoi (Batanes). |
| Family: | Palmae |
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| Product Description: | This is a small, slow growing, pretty little date palm, which is locally common from sea-level to 1000 m elevation on sea cliffs, hills, dunes, and grassland, always near the coast in Taiwan. The species tolerates coastal conditions better than any other date palm, and can be grown in coastal locations in the South West of the British Isles |
| NTFP Classification: | Ornamental plants |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | Philippines Taiwan, Province of China |
| Description: | Locally common in the south of Taiwan. Growing on steep coastal hillsides from sea-level rising to at least 1000m above sea-level, where they stand up to severe coastal winds. Distribution was clearly much wider in the past. Becoming more widely planted throughout Taiwan as an ornamental street tree. Planting is often alongside plantings of Phoenix sylvestris, where hybridization does not seem to occur, as flowering times do not overlap. |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | leaves, leaflets |
| Uses: | Leaves are utilized in making a peculiar thatched raincoat and the leaflets are split into shreds and woven into an oblong mat, which is hood-like at one end |
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| Partners: | Bureau of Forestry, Philippines |
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