- Family : ARECACEAE
(Palm Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : NARIYAL FAMILY (नारियल फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Arecaceae
- Synonym(s) : Phoenix humilis var. pedunculata Becc.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Phoenix loureiroi Kunth
- Common name : Dwarf Date Palm
- Vernacular name :
- Malaieecham, Chiru-eecham (Tamil)
- Ichampullu, Chittinthal (Malayalam)
- Bukhorjuro, Kojire, Konda-ita (Oria)
- Chittinthal (Malayalam)
- Habit : Palm
- Habitat : Scrub forests
- Comments / notes : Often in plains on scrub jungles to 1200m, on bare exposed slopes.
- Flower, Fruit : December-February
- Collector(s) Name : K. Sankara Rao, Raja K.Swamy, Arun Singh
- Collection Date : 19/11/2014
- Collection Nos : HJCB-0185
- Collection Locality : Palamner forest range, Chittoor district (OD)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Througout Andhra Pradesh hills
- Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district
- Kerala : Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district, Kannur district
- Maharashtra : Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Palghar district, Thane district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Sindhudurg district
- Odisha : Ganjam district
- Tamil Nadu : Throughout Tamil Nadu
- Punjab : Punjab
- Native : India
- World Distribution : India, Himalayas, Indo-China, China
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- Pullaiah, 1997. Fl. Andhra Pradesh, vol. 3. pp. 1017
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Phoenix loureiroi. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Line Drawings
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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