Licuala spinosa Thunb.

 
  • Family : ARECACEAE
    (Palm Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : NARIYAL FAMILY (नारियल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Arecaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Corypha pilearia Lour.; Licuala acutifida var. peninsularis Becc.; Licuala horrida Blume; Licuala pilearia (Lour.) Blume; Licuala ramosa Blume; Licuala spinosa var. cochinchinensis Becc.; Licuala spinosa var. eriantha Becc.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Licuala spinosa Wurmb
  • Common name : Swamp Fan-Palm, Mangrove Fan Palm
  • Habit : Palm
  • Habitat : Littoral and tidal swamp forests
  • Comments / notes : Cultivated in Gardens
  • Key identification features : Grows up to 2-7 m; leafstalk armed with tiny, pointed spines; Leaves peltate-orbicular, dark green, margins armed with black thorn; Inflorescence pendulous, longer than leaves; Fruit globose, orange-red
  • Flower, Fruit : December-May
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Karnataka
    • Kerala : Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Maharashtra
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Tirap
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, India, Jawa, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, India, Jawa, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2011 - Palms of Karnataka
    • B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state – Monocotyledons
    • 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.: 225
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Licuala spinosa. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

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