臺灣全島低海拔山區的原生樹種，登山步道旁很容易見到。夏季開花，淺橘色的花芳香馥郁，日夜吸引各種昆蟲採蜜、採粉，能夠結出大量的紅色果實，是臺灣獼猴、白鼻心等野生動物的食物。嫩心可以食用，葉柄可以榨汁熬糖，葉子可製作為掃帚，葉柄基部的纖維，可以製成手工藝品或觀賞用的小蓑衣，是兼具民俗和生態意義的植物。

Formosan Sugar Palm is a native tree species commonly grown in low-altitude mountainous areas on the entire island of Taiwan, easy to spot along the hiking trails. The light orange flowers bloom in summer and emit rich fragrance which attracts various insects to collect nectar and pollen day and night. It produces a lot of red fruits and hence serves a granary for wild animals such as Taiwanese macaques and Masked palm civet. The tender pith is edible and the petiole can be squeezed into juice to decoct sugar, and the leaves can be made into brooms. The fiber at the petiole base can be made into handicrafts or small ornamental coir raincoats. It is a plant with significance of folk customs and ecological.

山棕屬常綠灌木，臺灣原生，熱帶亞洲、日本南部、琉球等亦有分佈。莖矮短叢生，葉叢生於莖基部，互生奇數羽狀複葉，葉柄粗大有稜角，葉鞘黑色富含纖維質；互生線形小葉多數，邊緣不整齊疏鋸齒，葉面濃綠色，葉背灰白色。雌雄同株異花序，肉穗花組成圓錐花序，花冠黃或橘色，有濃郁芳香味，花期5~6月間。核果球形或倒卵形，熟時由黃變紅至黑色。

An evergreen shrub in the genus Arenga, native to Taiwan, and also distributed in tropical Asia, southern Japan, and Ryukyu. Stems short and tufted, alternate leaves clustered at the stem base, oddly pinnate compound, petioles thick and angular, leaf sheath black and rich in fiber. Leaflets alternate, shaped linear, numerous, with irregularly sparse serration on the margin, dark green on the leaf surface and grayish white on the back. Monoecious, panicles consisting of spadix, corolla yellow or orange, richly fragrant, flowering from May to June. Drupe spherical or obovate, yellow to red and turning black when ripe.

喜溫暖潮濕的溪谷或是山麓地帶，全日照或半遮蔭皆可。以種子或分株繁殖。

The plant normally grows in warm and moist valleys or foothills in full sun or semi-shade conditions. Reproduced from seeds or ramets.

可作庭園景觀樹。葉軸分割可製繩索，棕毛供掃帚、刷子用，羽狀葉做掃帚、搭蓋涼篷。山棕的花是昆蟲食餌。葉柄汁液可製糖。

Commonly planted as garden ornament trees. The leaf rachis can be used to make ropes; the palm fibers are materials for making brooms and brushes; the pinnae can be used to make brooms and thatch sheds. The flowers are a food source to insects. The petiole fluid can be used to make sugar.