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Caryota urens L.

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Caryota urens
Caryota urens
Caryota urens habit
Caryota urens habit
Caryota urens Flowers
Caryota urens Flowers
Caryota urens
Caryota urens habit
Caryota urens Flowers
🗒 Synonyms
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🗒 Common Names
Assamese
  • Sewa/ Sewa-tamol/ Sao-tamol/ Suratguti-goch
  • Chao tamol
  • Sowat goch
Bengali
  • Gol sago
English
  • Elephant's palm
  • Fish-tail palm
  • Indian sago palm
  • Jaggery palm
  • Toddy palm
  • Toddy palm/ Sago/ Fish tail palm
Hindi
  • बन खजूर Ban-khajur
  • माड़ी Mari
Kannada
  • Bagani
  • Baini
  • Bayni
  • Kondapana.
  • ಬಯ್ನೆ Bayne
Konkani
  • बिरलोमाड Birlomaad
Malayalam
  • Chuntappana
  • Cuntappana
  • Erimpana
  • Kundapanai
  • Olatti
  • Panamkula
  • Schundapana
  • Shundrapana
  • Vainava.
  • Ana Pana
  • Chunda Pana
  • Iram Pana
  • Kala Pana
  • Konda Pana
  • ചൂണ്ടപ്പന Cuuntappana
  • Aanapana
  • Choondappana
  • Eerumbana
  • Kalippana
  • Kappa
  • Olattipana
  • Irampana
Marathi
  • भेरली माड Bherli-maad
  • सुरमाड Sur-maad
Other
  • Fishtail Palm
  • Bastard Sago Tree
  • Jaggery Palm
  • Toddy Palm
  • Wine Palm
Sanskrit
  • श्रीताल Sritalah
Tamil
  • Konda Panei
  • Koonthal Panai
  • Kuntha Panai
  • Iram Panai
  • Thippili Panei.
  • கூந்தற்பனை Kuntaypanai
  • திப்பிலிப்பனை Tippili-p-panai
Telugu
  • జిలుగు Jeelugu
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Palm tree
Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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    Common in open evergreen and semi-evergreen forests, up to 1400 m.
    B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
    Attributions B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
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      Brief
      Flowering class: Monocot Habit: Tree
      Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
      Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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        Diagnostic Keys
        Description
        Monoecious stout tall palms, 16-20 m tall, 30-50 cm diam., trunk smooth with prominent annular leaf-scars. Leaves bipinnate, 4-6 m long; pinnae 5-7 pairs, to 1.5 m long; leaflets broadly cuneate, fan-shaped, 12-20 cm long, 7-10 cm wide at wider portion, raemorse at apex, many ribbed. Spadix interfoliar, shortly peduncled, much branched, pendulous, to 4 m long; spathes few, 40-50 cm long. Flowers many, in triads with female flower in the middle. Sepals 3, rounded, imbricate. Petals linear-oblong, valvate. Stamens many. Ovary 3-celled, 3-gonous; ovule 1-per locule. Fruit c. 2 cm across, globose, reddish purple. Seeds plano-convex, subreniform.
        Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
        Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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          Habit

          Palms up to 15 m tall.

          Trunk & Bark

          Trunk smooth with annular leaf scars.

          Leaves

          Leaves compound, bipinnate, to 5 m long; pinnae 5-7 pairs, to 1.5 m long, leaflets lamina 25 x 10 cm, cuneiform, apex premorse.

          Inflorescence / Flower

          Inflorescence spadices, shortly peduncled, much branched; spathes 3-5; spikelets closely arranged on the rachillae; flowers unisexual.

          Fruit and Seed

          Berry, stalked, ovoid or globose; 1-2 seeded, ruminate.

          B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
          Attributions B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
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            📚 Natural History
            Cyclicity
            Flower blooms during Summer
            Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
            Attributions Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
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              Flowering and fruiting: January-April
              Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
              Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                Morphology

                Growth Form

                Tree
                Tree
                Tall unbranched palm with peristant scars of leaf bases. Leaves in terminal clusters, few, large, bi-pinnatisect, leaf-sheaths large, clasping basaly the trunk. Flower in much branched spadix of 8-10 ft. long, arise from the upper leaf-sheaths and then successively come downwards, monoecious. Fruit globose, 1-2-seeded, pulp pungent; seeds with hard testa. Comonly found all over the state, usually along hill streams.
                Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
                Attributions Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
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                  Ecology
                  Common in open evergreen and semi-evergreen forests, up to 1400 m.
                  B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
                  Attributions B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
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                    📚 Habitat and Distribution
                    General Habitat

                    Habitat

                    Terrestrial
                    Terrestrial
                    Evergreen forests, also in the plains
                    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                    Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                      Description
                      Global Distribution

                      India: Assam, Kerala, Odisha, Tamil Nadu;laos, Thailand

                      Indian Distribution

                      Assam

                      Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                      Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                        Indomalaysia; in the Western Ghats- South Central and south Maharashtra Sahyadris.
                        B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
                        Attributions B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
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                          Global Distribution

                          Indo-Malesia

                          Indian distribution

                          State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts

                          Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                          Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                            No Data
                            📚 Occurrence
                            No Data
                            📚 Uses and Management
                            Uses

                            System of Medicines Used In

                            Ayurveda
                            Ayurveda
                            Folk medicine
                            Folk medicine
                            Siddha
                            Siddha
                            System Of Medicines Used In

                            Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Siddha

                            FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=454
                            Attributions FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=454
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                              Seeds eaten, but its pericarp is notorious for irritation, precautions are taken during taking out the seed. Not so sweet, little bitterness is there.
                              Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
                              Attributions Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
                              Contributors 
                              Status UNDER_CREATION
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                                Medicinal
                                Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                                Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                                  📚 Information Listing
                                  References
                                  1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=454
                                  1. Caryota urens L., Sp. Pl. 1189. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 422. 1892; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1560(1089). 1931; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 300. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 427. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 413. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 829. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 529. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 492. 1994; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 26. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 480. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 745. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 470. 1998; Renuka, Palms Kerala 35. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 363. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 746. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 520. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 715. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 898. 2009.
                                  Information Listing > References
                                  1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=454
                                  2. Caryota urens L., Sp. Pl. 1189. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 422. 1892; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1560(1089). 1931; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 300. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 427. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 413. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 829. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 529. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 492. 1994; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 26. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 480. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 745. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 470. 1998; Renuka, Palms Kerala 35. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 363. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 746. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 520. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 715. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 898. 2009.

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                                  📚 Meta data
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                                  🐾 Taxonomy
                                  RootRoot
                                  KingdomPlantae
                                  PhylumTracheophyta
                                  ClassLiliopsida
                                  OrderArecales
                                  FamilyArecaceae
                                  GenusCaryota
                                  SpeciesCaryota urens L.
                                  📊 Temporal Distribution
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