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Caryota urens
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Family:
ARECACEAE/PALMAE
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Citation: Caryota urens L., Sp. Pl. 1189. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 422. 1892; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1560(1089). 1931; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 300. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 427. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 413. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 829. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 529. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 492. 1994; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 26. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 480. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 745. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 470. 1998; Renuka, Palms Kerala 35. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 363. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 746. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 520. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 715. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 898. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Aanapana, Choondappana, Eerumbana, Kalippana, Kappa, Olattipana, Irampana
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Elephant's palm, Fish-tail palm, Indian sago palm, Jaggery palm, Toddy palm
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Description:
Monoecious stout tall palms, 16-20 m tall, 30-50 cm diam., trunk smooth with prominent annular leaf-scars. Leaves bipinnate, 4-6 m long; pinnae 5-7 pairs, to 1.5 m long; leaflets broadly cuneate, fan-shaped, 12-20 cm long, 7-10 cm wide at wider portion, raemorse at apex, many ribbed. Spadix interfoliar, shortly peduncled, much branched, pendulous, to 4 m long; spathes few, 40-50 cm long. Flowers many, in triads with female flower in the middle. Sepals 3, rounded, imbricate. Petals linear-oblong, valvate. Stamens many. Ovary 3-celled, 3-gonous; ovule 1-per locule. Fruit c. 2 cm across, globose, reddish purple; seeds plano-convex, subreniform.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-April
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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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):
Green
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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:
600-800
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Localities:
Peechi, Umikuppan, Kamamudi, Adoor, Thalichola, Ala, Athirumala
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