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Arenga (ah-REN-gah) wightii (white'-EE-eye)
Nong Nooch Tropical Gardens, Thailand.
Scientific Classification
Genus: Arenga (ah-REN-gah) Species: wightii (white'-EE-eye)
Synonyms
None set.
Native Continent
Asia
Morphology
Habit: Clustering Leaf type: Pinnate Height: Up to 6 m tall.
Culture
Survivability index
Common names
Wight's Sago Palm, Vernacular names : Tamil: Alam panei, Ala panai, Kattu thengai. Malayalam: Alathil thenga, Alattiltenna, Karampana, Karampanai, Kattu thengu, Kattuthenna, Malan thengu, Malam tengu, Panei. Kannada: Dhadashi. English: The Wild Coconut.

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Contents 1 Habitat and distribution 2 Description 3 Culture 4 Comments and Curiosities 5 External Links 6 References

Habitat and distribution

Endemic to India. Common on steep slopes in low, and medium elevation wet evergreen forests, up to 1500 m. Endemic to the Western_Ghats- South and Central Sahyadris.

Description

This is a monoecious palm. Trunk & Bark: Trunk clustering, color grey, densely clothed with the black fibrous remains of the newly opened frond. Leaves: Leaves compound, pinnate, 3.5-8 m long; leaflets to 30-100 cm x 2-2.5 cm, linear ensiform, apical one often confluent and obconic, apex narrowed, sometimes shortly, unequally 2-lobed, base asymmetricaly auricled, dark green above, glaucous beneath, margin entire or toothed in the upper half. Inflorescence / Flower: Male and female spadices separated, 1 m long. Fruit and Seed : Berry, hard, globose; 2-3 seeded. Editing by edric.

Culture

Comments and Curiosities

External Links

• Glossary of Palm Terms
• MODERN BOTANICAL LATIN
• "Just To Be Clear"
• http://nopr.niscair.res.in/bitstream/123456789/906/1/IJTK%206(1)%20(2007)%20195-198.pdf

References

Phonetic spelling of Latin names by edric.

Special thanks to Geoff Stein, (Palmbob) for his hundreds of photos, edric.

Special thanks to palmweb.org, Dr. John Dransfield, Dr. Bill Baker & team, for their volumes of information and photos, edric.

IMAGE GALLERY

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey, UK. Photo by Dr. William J. Baker, edric.	Nong Nooch Tropical Gardens, Thailand.	Nong Nooch Tropical Gardens, Thailand.
	India. Photo by Clayton York, Utopia Palms & Cycads, edric.