Salacca wallichiana Mart.
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https://doi.org/ 10.15560/17.1.69 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/284487AF-FFBF-FF8B-3893-FE61FDBDFBA0 |
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Salacca wallichiana Mart. |
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Salacca wallichiana Mart. View in CoL
Figure 8E, F
Diagnostic characters. Stem acaulescent. Leaf pin- nate, 4–6 m long; base light yellowish to pink; spines linear, sharp, brown, 2.5–8 cm long, arrangement irreg- ular. Leaflets in clusters of 3 or 5, 58– 60 cm long, 5–6 cm wide, lanceolate, acuminate. Pistillate inflorescences among the leaf ca 60 cm long; rachis with brown indu- mentums; partial inflorescences 5 or 6 in number, 18– 20 cm long; bracts ca 25 cm long; rachillae 5–6 cm long, flowers dyad.
Flowering (pistillate). April to May.
Distribution. Jorhat district; in sunny plains.
Vernacular names. Lichu (Assamese).
Uses. Food (fruit).
Material examined. SIAM • Bankok; 21 Jun. 1920; G. W. Groff leg.; NYBG 02320603 View Materials . INDIA • Assam, Jorhat, Maibeli ; 26°42′04.5″N, 094°26′37.4″E; alt. 60 m; 03 May 2019; S. Mehmud leg. GoogleMaps ; CH, ASSAM 96254 View Materials .
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Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève |
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Naturhistorisches Museum Wien |
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Department of Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History |
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