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Bentinckia condapanna
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Family:
ARECACEAE/PALMAE
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Citation: Bentinckia condapanna Berry & Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3:621.1832; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6:418.1892; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1555(1085). 1931; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 426. 1984; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 491. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 351. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 467. 1998; Renuka, Palms Kerala 157. 1999; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 743. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 518. 2005.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kantha-kamugu, Kanthal, Vareikamuku, Parapakku
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Hill Arecanut
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Description:
Monoecious palms to 20 m tall; stem 20 cm thick, annulate, caudex 2-3 m across. Leaves pinnately compound; leaflets 50-70 x 3-5 cm, linear-lanceolate, evenly scattered, sessile; petiole 30-60 cm long, sheath rounded, 55 cm long, 26 cm broad, encircling the stem. Spadix axillary, below the leaves, branched, 30-50 cm across; spathes many. Male flowers small or sunken in the spirally arranged pits towards the tips of branches; perianth lobes 6, biseriate, outer smaller, 5 mm across, orbicular, inner longer; stamens 6, free. Female flowers larger, towards the base of the branches of spadix; ovary 3-celled, 1 cell larger with an ovule. Fruit subglobose, 1.2 x 0.9 cm, dark, pink.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
Pathanamthitta, Idukki, Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola forests and along rock cuttings in grasslands
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Distribution:
Southern 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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
Vulnerable (VU)
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Pongumala, Uppupara, Kulathupuzha, Kakki hills, Moozhiar, Peermade, Uppupara, Pachakkanam, Agasthymala peak
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