Taad / Palmyra Palm
Borassus flabellifer
Also known as Thoddy Palm
- Habit
- Palm (Columnar)
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana & more
- Flowering
- February-August
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Borassus flabellifer
- Genus
- Borassus
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Habit
- Palm (Columnar)
- Habitat
- Common near the sea coasts
- Habitat type
- Coastal
- Native to
- Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia
- Distribution
- Africa, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, India to Indo-China, Siam, Java, Lesser sunda Islands, Australia, Sunda, New Guinea, Queensland
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar, Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Puducherry, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Assam, Goa, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Rajasthan, Tripura
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-August
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Palmately compound (fan-shaped fronds)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Taad itself; the rest are typical of the Arecaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower arrangement
- CatkinrecordedA slim, often dangling spike of tiny, usually wind-pollinated flowers.“But very rarely male and female flowers in same trees have also been noticed The male flowers are less than 1 centimetre (0.39 in) long and form semi-circular clusters, which are h” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Panicle
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Taad itself; the rest are typical of the Arecaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- ताड़ Taad, ताल Tal, त्रृणराज Trinaraaj, ताड़
- Nepali
- दरिवल Dariwal, टाड Taad, ताडी Taadee
- Bengali
- তাল Taala, তাল (ফল)
- Tamil
- தாலம் Talam, பனைமரம், ஆசியப் பனை
- Telugu
- తాటి చెట్టు Tatichettu, ఆసియా తాటి చెట్టు, బొరాసస్ ఫ్లాబెల్లిఫర్
- Kannada
- ಓಲೆಗರಿ Olegari, ತಾಳೆಗರಿ Taalegari, ಪನೆ Pane
- Malayalam
- കരിമ്പന Karimpana, കരിമ്പന, Borassus flabellifer
- Marathi
- ताड Taad
- Sinhala
- තල්
About Taad
Palmyra Palm (Borassus flabellifer) is a single-stemmed palm in the Arecaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and 18 other states. It grows in common near the sea coasts. Flowering and fruiting run from February to August.
Uses
In practice it is grown for parts that are eaten, cut for timber and furniture and planted as an ornamental.
Arecaceae
Palm family
Taad belongs to the Arecaceae family.
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