Areca triandra Roxb.

 
  • Family : ARECACEAE
    (Palm Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : NARIYAL FAMILY (नारियल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Arecaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Areca aliceae W.Hill ex F.Muell.; Areca borneensis Becc.; Areca humilis Blanco ex H.Wendl.; Areca laxa Buch.-Ham.; Areca nagensis Griff.; Areca polystachya (Miq.) H.Wendl.; Nenga nagensis (Griff.) Scheff.; Ptychosperma polystachyum Miq.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Areca triandra Roxb. ex Buch.-Ham.
  • Common name : Triandra Palm
  • Habit : Palm
  • Comments / notes : Often cultivated for its nuts and also planted in gardens. The seeds are masticatory
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2011 - Palms of Karnataka
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • 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=Areca triandra. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

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