Family :
Arecaceae
Flora of Nilgiri Biosphere (Northern Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve)
Leaf arrangement
Leaf Type
Imparipinnate
Leaf Shape
Leaf Apex
Leaf Base
Sheathing
Leaf Margin
Habit : A stout shrub.
Habitat and Distribution : Common on bare exposed slopes in plains from the coast in scrub jungles 1200 (1800)m. Indian subcontinent.
Indigenous Information : The tender shoot just above the ground is edible.
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Names:
Tamil : Malai eecham, Chiru eecham
Flower:
Enclosed in a much branched spadix, in spikes. Flowering from October-DEcember.Fruit :
A drupe, oblong, green to orange to black. Seed 1, grooved ventrally. Fruiting from March-May.
