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Pandanus canaranus
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Family:
PANDANACEAE
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Citation: Pandanus canaranus Warb. in Engl., Pflanzenreich Pandan. 75. 1900; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1570(1095). 1931; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 301. 1982; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 491. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 529. 1990; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 899. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Thazakaida
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Large shrubs, distally branching. Leaves spirally arranged, linear-attenuate, 150-210 x 3-5(5.5) cm, prickly on margins and dorsal mid-rib, the prickles greenish to brownish. Female head oblong-ovoid, 20-24 cm long, composed of numerous simple drupes. Drupes 36-40 x 8-10 mm, style c. 5 mm long, conic, simple or (rarely) forked with short horns; pileus pyramidal, about 5 mm high; endocarp central, c. 15 mm long; apical mesocarp c. 12-15 mm long; basal mesocarp c. 4 mm long. Male inflorescence spicate, lower bracts with spinulose flagelliform tips. Spike c. 7.5 x 2.2 cm. Male phalange with column 3-6 mm long, rachis 2-3 mm long, stamens c. 17-29 together, filaments 0.5-1 mm long, anthers 2.5-3.5 mm long, 0.5 mm wide; apiculus 0.3-0.6 mm long.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-August
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District(s):
Alappuzha, Pathanamthitta, Palakkad, Kannur, Kozhikkode, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Along banks of streams
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Distribution:
Peninsular India
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Aquatic:
Yes
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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:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Tiruvalla, Kannoth, Olavakkot, Mathur, Mararikulam
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