Areca costulata

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Genus Areca

Solitary or small clump-forming palms, stem annulate , slender, smooth , unarmed , 0.5-25 cm in diameter. Leaves pinnate, pinnae mostly narrow, often with 2 or more principal ribs , long acuminate, rather short stiff. Base of leaf stalk usually forming a prominent shining swollen crown shaft. Leaflets thin, often confluent . Inflorescence much branched, borne at the base of the crown shaft. Female flowers in triads at the base of the rachillae, male flowers small, variously arranged on the upper part of rachillae; sepals small; petals much large, obliquely lanceolate, valvate ; stamens 3-6 (-12-24) or more; anthers basifixed , erect ; female flowers on the base of the rachillae larger than the male, sepals and petals imbricate, petals acute; ovary one-chambered, stigmas 3, very short; ovule one, basal, erect. Fruit ovoid or oblong , exocarp fleshy , fibrous . Seeds with truncate base, embryo basilar.

A genus with c.48 species, distributed from N. W. India, Ceylon, Indo-China, Malesia to the Solomon Islands and Queensland. It[1]

Physical Description

Biology

Growth

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade.

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 10b, 11. (map)

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 11-Nov-2003

Similar Species

Members of the genus Areca

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 17 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

A. alicae (Australian Areca Palm) · A. catecha (Betel-Nut Palm) · A. catechu (Areca Palm) · A. catechu var. alba (Golden Betel-Nut Palm) · A. catechu 'Dwarf' (Dwarf Betel-Nut Palm) · A. concinna (Areca Palm) · A. costulata (Palm) · A. gracilis (Indian Areca Palm) · A. guppyana (Sacred Palm) · A. hutchinsoniana (Areca Palm) · A. ipot (Ipot Palm) · A. lutescens (Champagne Palm (As H Indica)) · A. macrocalyx (Dwarf Bettle Nut Palm) · A. macrocarpa (Palm) · A. triandra (Palm) · A. vestiaria (Orange Crownshaft Palm) · A. vestiaria 'Maroon' (Orange Crownshaft Palm)

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Further Reading

• 1997 IUCN red list of threatened plants Cambridge: IUCN, World Conservation Union, 1998 url p. 727.
• An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants, Manila, Bureau of Printing, 1922-26. url p. 168.
• Minor products of Philippine forests. Manila, Bureau of Printing, 1920-1921. url p. 137, p. 253, p. 427.
• The Philippine journal of science. 14 1919 Manila. url p. 298, p. 301, p. 310.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 10511076
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-14529
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 664118-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 960931

Footnotes

1. Kamal A. Malik "Areca". in Flora of Pakistan Page 3. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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