Palm tree
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Phoenix humilis Royle ex Becc., nom. illeg. |
| synonym | Phoenix humilis var. loureiroi (Kunth) Becc. |
| synonym | Phoenix pusilla Lour., nom. illeg. |
🗒 Common Names
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| Irula |
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📚 Overview
Description
Habit: A stout shrub, upto 2m.
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Morphology
Growth Form
Tree
Flower
Enclosed in much branched spadix, in spikes. Flowering from October-December.
Fruit
An oblong drupe;green, orange to black; seed 1, grooved ventrally. Fruiting from March-May.
Field tips
Stem densely covered with the bases of petioles. Leaves fascicled, more or less 4-farious.
Leaf Arrangement
Clustered
Leaf Type
Imparipinnate
Leaf Shape
Linear
Leaf Apex
Acuminate-spinous
Leaf Base
Sheathing
Leaf Margin
Entire
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
Description
Global Distribution
India: Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana
Indian Distribution
Throughout Assam
Found on bare exposed slopes of scrub jungles and deciduous forests. Common. Indian subcontinent.
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
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📚 Information Listing
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Liliopsida |
| Order | Arecales |
| Family | Arecaceae |
| Genus | Phoenix |
| Species | Phoenix loureiroi Kunth |
📊 Temporal Distribution
📷 Related Observations
