1188
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Family |
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PALMAE |
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Local name |
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Malayalam - Kattuchooral |
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Flowering and
fruiting period |
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October-June |
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Distribution |
: |
Southern
Western Ghats |
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Distribution
in kerala |
: |
All
Districts |
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Habitat |
: |
Evergreen forests, also in sacred groves |
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Uses |
: |
Tender leaves are used in
dyspepsia, biliousness and as an anthelmintic |
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Key Botanical Characters: Very slender climbing canes; stem
with sheath, c. 2.5 cm across; spines c. 5 mm long, recurved; ocrea papery;
flagellum 1-1.3 cm long. Rachis to 45 cm long with claw like spines; leaflets
clustered, 10-25 x 1-1.5 cm, lanceolate, acuminate at apex, 3-ribbed. Male
inflorescence to 1 m long; partial inflorescence 8-10, to 10 cm long. Female
inflorescence 30-40 cm long; partial inflorescence 3-4, c. 12 cm long;
involucre shallow, concave. Fruit 0.8-1 cm across, globose, covered with
about 24 rows of scales. |
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