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Ri palm (Ri purwo)

Palem ri or ri palm (Ri purwo) is a plant species in Arecaceae, erect, tubular stems, straight or slightly curved, green in color, leaf marks are clearly visible at more or less equal distances, growing solitary or in rare colonies with three items.

Ri purwo has dark green or brown leaf sheaths with long thorns. The spines sit irregularly, the base is wide and white, the tip is slender and black.

Dlium Ri palm (Ri purwo)


Leaf stalks are green, shiny, brown scaly and spiny. The thorns sit irregularly and are getting rarer to the end. The spines have a wide base and are white, the tips are slender and black.

Leaf bone are green, shiny and prickly. The spines have a wide base and are white, the tips are slender and black. Ribbon-shaped leaves and sit opposite.

Ri palm grows in primary forest, mixed forest, coastal forest, near the beach, waterlogged or dry soil, hot temperature and high humidity.



Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Arecoideae
Tribe: Areceae
Subtribe Oncospermatinae
Genus: Ri
Species: Ri purwo
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