Etlingera palangkensis
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Etlingera palangkensis faces severe threats from rapid deforestation and agricultural expansion in its limited range within Malaysian Borneo. The species' extremely restricted distribution makes it particularly vulnerable to habitat fragmentation, while logging activities and palm oil plantation development continue to reduce the remaining lowland forest patches where this ginger occurs.
Habitat
This critically endangered ginger species inhabits the understory of lowland tropical rainforests in Malaysian Borneo, typically growing in shaded, humid conditions on forest floors. It requires intact primary or mature secondary forest ecosystems with stable moisture levels and minimal disturbance.
