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Bentinckia condapanna

IUCN Red List Endangered (EN)

Local name

  • Hill Areca Palm (English)
  • Kanthal (Malayalam)
  • Kantha Panai (Tamil)

Tree type

Evergreen Deciduous
Family: Arecaceae
10m

Indicated uses

Medicinal Edible Ornamental Avenue Other

Flowering & fruiting

Flowering Fruiting

Key characters

Bentinckia condapanna bark

Bark

Stem slender, smooth and grey, with conspicuous annular leaf scars. The palm develops a prominent crown of arching leaves.

Bentinckia condapanna leaves

Leaves

Leaves are compound, pinnate, 1.5–2 m long; leaflets 60–75 × 2.5–5 cm, linear oblong, 2–3 united, tip usually bifid; lobes 5–10 cm.

Bentinckia condapanna flower

Flower

Axillary clusters below the crown, enclosed by membranous spathes; flowers small, partly embedded in branches, scarlet in males and lilac to violet in females, on branched stalks.

Bentinckia condapanna fruit / seeds

Fruit / Seeds

Fruit is nearly spherical, rather compressed, 1–1.2 cm in diameter, red, 1-seeded.

Bentinckia condapanna

Did you know?

Genus Bentinckia was named by 19th-century botanists in honour of Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, who served as the Governor of Madras (1803–1807) and later became the Governor-General of British India.

Distribution

World map showing distribution

SW. India