Arenga pinnata (Wurmb) Merr.

 
  • Family : ARECACEAE
    (Palm Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : NARIYAL FAMILY (नारियल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Arecaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Gomutus rumphii Corrêa; Saguerus pinnatus Wurmb; Saguerus rumphii (Corrêa) Roxb. ex Fleming; Arenga gamuto Merr.; Arenga griffithii Seem. ex H.Wendl.; Arenga saccharifera Labill. ex DC.; Borassus gomutus Lour.; Caryota onusta Blanco; Gomutus saccharifer (Labill. ex DC.) Spreng.; Gomutus vulgaris Rumph. ex Reider; Saguerus gamuto Houtt.; Saguerus saccharifer (Labill. ex DC.) Blume; Sagus gomutus (Lour.) Perr.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Arenga pinnata (Wurmb) Merr.
  • Habit : Palm
  • Comments / notes : Grown as an ornamental and also as a source of toddy, sugar, sago and fibres
  • Key identification features : Leaves long, pinnatisect; leaflets subsessile, linear, coriaceous, auricled at base; Flowers purple, solitary in interfoliar spadices; Fruits oblong, turbinate or globose, 2-3 -seeded; Seeds compressed.
  • Flower, Fruit : September-December
  • Distribution :
    • Maharashtra : Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Pune district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Siang
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sulawesi, Thailand
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sulawesi, Thailand
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons.
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 222
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Arenga pinnata. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

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