Triandra Palm
Areca triandra
- Habit
- Palm (Cluster)
- Found in India
- Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Assam, West Bengal
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Triandra Palm
Identify Triandra Palm by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a palm (cluster) habit.
- Confirm leaf type: Pinnately compound (feather-shaped fronds).
- Confirm fruit type: Nut.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Assam, West Bengal.
- Confirm it sits within the Arecaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Triandra Palm.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Areca triandra
- Genus
- Areca
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Habit
- Palm (Cluster)
- Native to
- Indo-Malesia
- Found in India
- Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Assam, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Pinnately compound (feather-shaped fronds)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Triandra Palm itself; the rest are typical of the Arecaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Fruit type
- NutrecordedA hard-shelled, single-seeded fruit that does not split open.“In Cambodia, the nut may be chewed with betel in a quid, while the timber is used for temporary constructions, such as huts.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Panicle
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Triandra Palm itself; the rest are typical of the Arecaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Triandra Palm
Triandra Palm (Areca triandra) is a clustering palm in the Arecaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Assam and West Bengal. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Arecaceae
Palm family
Triandra Palm belongs to the Arecaceae family.
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