Pinanga dicksonii (Roxb.) Scheffer

 
  • Family : ARECACEAE
    (Palm Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : NARIYAL FAMILY (नारियल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Arecaceae
  • Basionym : Areca dicksonii Roxb.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Pinanga dicksonii (Roxb.) Blume
  • Common name : Ivory crownshaft Palm, Wild Betel nut
  • Vernacular name :
    • Kadu Adike (Kannada)
    • Kanakamugu, Kattukuamugu, Mala-adakka, Kattupackumaram (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Palm (Cluster)
  • Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests
  • Comments / notes : Nuts are eaten by tribals as a substitute for betel nut. Common in evergreen forests of Western Ghats at elevations 490-980 m.
  • Flower, Fruit : November-April
  • Collection Nos : HFP 2667, CJS 13164
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Chikkamagaluru district, Davanagare district, Shivamogga district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Hassan district, Uttara Kannada district
    • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Tamil Nadu : The Nilgiri district, Tirunelveli district
  • Native : India
  • Endemism : Western Ghats
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
    • Balakrishna Gowda & A.N. Sringesh 2004 – Sringeri (checklist unpublished)
    • Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Navendu Page (2017). Endemic woody plants of the Western Ghats.
    • Henry, Chithra & Balakrishnan (1989). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 3.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Pinanga dicksonii. Downloaded on 4 December 2024.

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