Pinanga dicksonii

India. Photo by Clayton York, Utopia Palms & Cycads, edric.

Pinanga (pih-NAHN-gah) dicksonii (dik-sohn'-ee-eye)

India. Photo by Clayton York, Utopia Palms & Cycads, edric.

Scientific Classification

Genus:	Pinanga (pih-NAHN-gah)
Species:	dicksonii (dik-sohn'-ee-eye)

Synonyms

None set.

Native Continent

Asia

Morphology

Habit:	Clustering
Leaf type:	Pinnate

Culture

Survivability index

Common names

Kannada; Kangu, Katadike. Malayalam; Kattupackumaram, Mala-adakka, Kanakamugu, Kattukavungu., Kanakamuka, Kattukuamugu. Tamil; Kaana Kamugu.

Habitat and Distribution

India. Native to the Andaman Islands east of India. Endemic to the Western Ghats- South and Central Sahyadris. Indian distribution: State - Kerala, District/s: Kollam, Malappuram, Kannur, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kasaragode, Kozhikkode, Idukki. Locally common in moist pockets in evergreen forests.

Description

Slender monoecious palm, with annular leaf scars, up to 5 m tall. Leaves compound, pinnate, to 1.5 m long; sheath to 30 cm long; leaflets to 50 x 3 cm, linear-lanceolate, opposite, apex premorse, glabrous. Inflorescence to 35 cm long. Drupe, ellipsoid; seed ovoid or ellipsoid, ruminate.

Slender clustered palms, 4-6 m high, 6-8 cm in diam. Leaves pinnate, 1-1.3 cm long; leaflets 2-3 united, 30-50 cm long, 2-3 cm wide, toothed margins. Spadix small, at axil below the crown, 4-6 branched, deflexed and drooping. Spathe 1. Flowers unisexual, 3 at a node, middle female and side ones male. Male: Sepals keeled. Petals valvate, 0.2-0.3 cm, ovate lanceolate. Stamens 6. Female: sepals and petals orbicular, 0.1 cm; staminodes 6. Ovary 1-celled; ovule 1. Fruit 0.6-1 x 0.2-0.3 cm, ellipsoid; seed solitary, ellipsoid. (Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi) Editing by edric.

Culture

Comments and Curiosities

Even though native to the Andaman Islands east of India, this pretty Pinanga has proven to be one of the most robust and cold tolerant in the Genus. It is a clustering palm with green, ringed trunks to about 5 m (15 ft.) tall and yellow crownshafts. The leaves are light green and have attractive, broad segments. Best suited for the tropical and frost-free warm temperate garden. (RPS.com), edric.

External Links

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.

Glossary of Palm Terms; Based on the glossary in Dransfield, J., N.W. Uhl, C.B. Asmussen-Lange, W.J. Baker, M.M. Harley & C.E. Lewis. 2008. Genera Palmarum - Evolution and Classification of the Palms. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. All images copyright of the artists and photographers (see images for credits).

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Saint Denis, La Réunion Island. "Photo by Olivier Reilhes", edric.
Saint Denis, La Réunion Island. "Photo by Olivier Reilhes", edric.
India. Photo by Clayton York, Utopia Palms & Cycads, edric.
India. Photo by Clayton York, Utopia Palms & Cycads, edric.
India. Photo by Clayton York, Utopia Palms & Cycads, edric.
Photo by Dr.'s. B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry, edric.
Photo by Dr.'s. B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry, edric.
Photo by Dr.'s. B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry, edric.
Photo by Dr.'s. B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry, edric.
Photo by Dr.'s. B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry, edric.
Photo by Dr.'s. B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry, edric.
Photo by Dr.'s. B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry, edric.
Photo by Dr.'s. B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry, edric.
Photo by Dr.'s. B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry, edric.
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