Pinanga sylvestris (Lour.) Hodel.
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Pinanga sylvestris (Lour.) Hodel. |
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Pinanga sylvestris (Lour.) Hodel. View in CoL
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Diagnostic characters. Stem clustered, erect, 2–2.6 m tall; internodes black, ca 18 cm long and ca 2 cm in di- ameter. Leaf pinnate, 1.2–1.5 m long; crownshaft ca 30 cm long, indumentums black-brown; petiole 30–35 cm long; leaflets 11–18 per side, opposite or alternate, linear to lanceolate, 30–52 cm long, 1–3.5 cm wide, veins 2 or 3, terminal leaflets connate. Inflorescence ca 22 cm long; rachillae 2–4 in number, ca. 19 cm long; pistillate flower ca 5 mm long, in between two white staminate flowers, ca 7 mm wide. Fruits ovate, arrangement opposite, ca 1.4 cm long.
Fruiting and flowering. June to July.
Distribution. Cachar, Hailakandi, Jorhat, Kamrup Ru- ral and West Karbi Anglong, districts; near streams, and shaded areas.
Vernacular names. Geruga Tamul (Assamese); Khidali (Tiwa); Koibir (Karbi).
Uses. As masticator (fruit).
Material examined. INDIA • Assam, West Karbi Anglong, Umtereng ; 25°50′49.7″N, 092°14′6.6″E; alt. 736 m; 09 Jun. 2018; S. Mehmud leg. GoogleMaps ; CH, ASSAM 96249 View Materials .
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Department of Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History |
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