Wallichia disticha T. Anderson

Mehmud, Selim & Roy, Himu, 2021, Diversity and distribution of palms (Arecaceae) in Assam, India, Check List 17 (1), pp. 69-93 : 90

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scientific name	Wallichia disticha T. Anderson
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Wallichia disticha T. Anderson View in CoL

Figure 9A, B

Diagnostic characters. Stems clustered or solitary, woody, unbranched, 6–9 m tall tree; stem covered by black fibre. Leaf pinnate, alternate, 1.8–3 m long; leaflets paired, arrangement in two planes, 30–60 cm long, 3–5 cm wide, linear, tip serrated, abaxially silvery white and midvein prominent. Fruiting body ca 2 m long; rachil- lae many, 36–42 cm long; fruit ellipsoid, light greenish, 1–1.5 cm long.

Fruiting. July to August.

Distribution. Cachar district; near streams.

Material examined. INDIA • Assam, Cachar, Borail WLS, Bihara; 09 Oct. 2011; H. A. Borbhuiya leg.; AS- SAM 86019 . • Assam, Cachar, Kalain ; 25°01′34.5″N, 092°29′43.1″E; alt. 42 m; 13 Jan. 2019; S. Mehmud leg. GoogleMaps ; CH, ASSAM 96255 About ASSAM .