Licuala peltata Roxb. ex Buch.-Ham.

 
  • Family : ARECACEAE
    (Palm Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : NARIYAL FAMILY (नारियल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Arecaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Licuala peltata Roxb. ex Buch.-Ham.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Banathala, Hontolo (Oria)
  • Habit : Palm
  • Comments / notes : Along muddy streams or swamps with moving water in the hill forests
  • Key identification features : Stems annulate; Leaves peltate-orbicular, palmatisect or partite; Flowers in erect spadices, spathes tubular; Fruits reddish-yellow, obovoid, apiculate.
  • Flower, Fruit : November-May
  • Collector(s) Name : M.Brahmam, N.K.Dhal
  • Collection Date : 20/11/1993
  • Collection Nos : RRL 8366
  • Collection Locality : Malyasiri, Odisha
  • Distribution :
    • Odisha : Keonjhar district, Dhenkanal district, Bargarh district, Kalhandi district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Ritchie\'s Archipelago taluk (Havelock Island)
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 269
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 224-225
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Licuala peltata. Downloaded on 15 October 2024.

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