Bark
Slender green-to-yellow stems feature distinct, prominent rings called annular leaf scars.
Pinanga dicksonii
Syn. Areca dicksonii
IUCN Red List
Near Threatened
(NT)
Local name
- Dickson Palm (English)
- Kadadike (Kannada)
- Mala-Adakka (Malayalam)
Tree type
Evergreen
Deciduous
Family: Arecaceae
06m
Indicated uses
Medicinal
Edible
Ornamental
Avenue
Other
Flowering & fruiting
Flowering
Fruiting
Key characters
Leaves
Compound, 1–1.3 m long, with 2–3 united leaflets measuring 30–50 × 2–3 cm and toothed margins; spadix axillary, 4–6-branched, deflexed and drooping below the crown.
Flower
Unisexual, arranged in triads with a central female flower and two lateral males; male flowers have six stamens, while females possess six staminodes, a one-celled ovary and one ovule.
Fruit / Seeds
Fruits are 0.6-1 x 0.2-0.3 cm, ellipsoid; seed solitary, ellipsoid.
Did you know?
The species name dicksonii honours James Dickson, an 18th-century Scottish botanist and nurseryman associated with the early Royal Horticultural Society. Known as “Wild Betel Nut” or “Kadu Adike,” its hard, ruminate seeds are traditionally chewed as a substitute for commercial betel nut by forest communities of the Western Ghats.
Distribution
Western Ghats, South and Central Sahyadris