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Pinanga dicksonii
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Family:
ARECACEAE/PALMAE
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Citation: Pinanga dicksonii (Roxb.) Blume, Rumph. 2: 85. 1838; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6:409.1892; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1556(1086). 1931; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 429. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 329. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 491. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 529. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 493. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 407. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 26, 34; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 481. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 355. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 747. 1997; Renuka, Palms Kerala 40. 1999; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 747. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 899. 2009.
Areca dicksonii Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 616. 1832.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kanakamugu, Kattukuamugu, Mala-adakka, Kattupackumaram
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English name(s):
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Description:
Slender clustered palms, 4-6 m high, 6-8 cm diam. Leaves pinnate, 1-1.3 cm long; leaflets 2-3 united, 30-50 cm long, 2-3 cm wide, toothed margins. Spadix small, at axil below the crown, 4-6 branched, deflexed and drooping. Spathe 1. Flowers unisexual, 3 at a node, middle female and side ones male. Male: Sepals keeled. Petals valvate, 0.2-0.3 cm, ovate lanceolate. Stamens 6. Female: sepals and petals orbicular, 0.1 cm; staminodes 6. Ovary 1-celled; ovule 1. Fruit 0.6-1 x 0.2-0.3 cm, ellipsoid; seed solitary, ellipsoid.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-April
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District(s):
Kollam, Malappuram, Kannur, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kasaragode, Kozhikkode, Idukki
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Western Ghats
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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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
500-900
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Localities:
Peechi, Umiyar, Thenmala, Chembotti, On the banks of Kunthipuzha, Chandanathode, Panoth, Thalichola, Vandalodu, Choodal forests, Attayar, Bonaccord
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