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Arenga wightii
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Family:
ARECACEAE/PALMAE
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Citation: Arenga wightii Griff., Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 5: 475.1845; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6:422.1892; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1588(1087). 1931; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 426. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 489. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 526. 1990; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 412. 1989; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 490. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 406. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 478. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 351. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 742. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 467. 1998; Renuka, Palms Kerala 15. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 361. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 742. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 518. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 894. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Aazham, Aazhuthumpana, Alathilthenga, Malanthengu, Kattuthengu, Njettipana
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Arenga, Wild Coconut, Wight´s Sago Palm
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Description:
Monoecious palms; trunk to 6 m tall, covered with persistent leaf sheaths, caudex 10-15 m across. Leaves pinnatisect, to 8 m long; leaflets to 100 x 5 cm, linear, base auricled, glaucous below; petiole to 3 m long. Spadices to 1 m long, basipetal. Male flowers orbicular. Stamens many, free. Female flowers. Tepals 6, biseriate, similar, accrescent. Ovary 3-celled. Fruit globose.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-September
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kottayam, Idukki, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Kozhikkode, Wayanad, Kasaragode
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Medicinal:
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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):
Purple
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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:
Vulnerable (VU)
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Altitude:
600-1000
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Localities:
Sholayar, Kallar, Arjunankotta, Thelliyalimattukkal, Kalleli, Chandanathode, Kottiyur, Peermade, Anmooly slopes, Dhoni R. F., Attappady R.F., Nelluyampathy forests, Siruvani slopes, Muthikulam forests, Nadugani ghats, Kulathupuzha, Choodal forests, Moola
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