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Phoenix loureiroi var. pedunculata
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Family:
ARECACEAE/PALMAE
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Citation: Phoenix loureiroi var. pedunculata (Griff.) Govaerts in R.H.A.Govaerts & J.Dransfield, World Checklist Palms 171. 2005.
Phoenix pedunculata Griff., Palms Brit. E. Ind. 139. 1850; Renuka, Palms Kerala 39. 1999.
Phoenix humilis Royle ex Becc. var. pedunculata (Griff.) Becc., J. Bot. Malesia 3: 379, 387, t. 44. ff. 13-15, 18-21. 1890; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 427. 1892; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1560(1088). 1931; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 428. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 490. 1988; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 355. 1997.
Phoenix humilis Becc. var. typica Becc., J. Bot. Malesia 3:379, 380, t. 44, 2. f. 22-24. 1890.
Phoenix robusta Becc. in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 427. 1892; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1559(1088). 1931.
Phoenix loureiroi Kunth var. humilis (Becc.) Barrow, Kew Bull. 53: 563. 1998.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Chittinthal
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Shrub, trunk to 1 m tall. Leaves to 1.5 m long; leaflets linear-lanceolate, to 25 x 1.5 cm, lower ones modified into long spines. Male spadix to 40 cm long, branches crowded towards the apex of peduncle. Female spadix to 1 m long. Fruit oblong, orange-yellow, 1.2 x 0.7 cm.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January & October
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District(s):
Kannur, Kollam, Idukki, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
South East Asia to China
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Karimala Hills, Rosemala, Peermade, Brahmagiri, Devicolam, Ponmudi
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