As recorded for Gulga
Nypa fruticans
Gulga / Mangrove Palm गुलगा
Hindi name · See all regional names ↓
- Habit
- Palm (Cluster)
- Found in India
- West Bengal, Odisha
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Gulga in regional languages
Find the name you know, then compare it with the botanical profile. Columns list recorded aliases; they are not paired translations. A Latin spelling appears only when it is present in the source record.
| Language | Regional script | Recorded Latin spelling |
|---|---|---|
| Hindi | गुलगा | Gulga |
| Kannada | ನೀರತೆಂಗು | Neerthengu |
| Bengali | গোলপাতা | golpatta |
See the original recorded names
- Hindi
- गुलगा Gulga
- Kannada
- ನೀರತೆಂಗು Neerthengu
- Bengali
- গোলপাতা, golpatta
Ecology & growing context
- Native status · Kew WCVP
- WCVP native range includes Andaman Is., India, Nicobar Is. Kew dataset ↗︎
Kew WCVP dataset; accepted-name match. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: E. India to S. Nansei-shotō and Caroline Is..
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- West Bengal →Odisha →
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How to identify Gulga
Identify Gulga 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.
- Check the distinctive field mark: No visible above-ground trunk, grows in mangrove mud.
- Confirm leaf type: Pinnately compound (feather-shaped fronds).
- Confirm flower arrangement: Catkin.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as West Bengal, Odisha.
- Confirm it sits within the Arecaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Gulga.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Nypa fruticans
- Genus
- Nypa
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Habit
- Palm (Cluster)
- Distribution
- Coastal areas of Indo-Pacific region, Australia, Sri Lanka, Malay Archipelago
- Found in India
- West Bengal, Odisha
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Pinnately compound (feather-shaped fronds)recorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Gulga 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.“The flowers are a globular inflorescence of female flowers at the tip with catkin-like red or yellow male flowers on the lower branches.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Inflorescence
- Panicle
Characters marked “recorded” are for Gulga itself; the rest are typical of the Arecaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Gulga
Mangrove Palm (Nypa fruticans) is a clustering palm in the Arecaceae family. In India it has been recorded in West Bengal and Odisha. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Uses
It is grown for parts that are eaten and stripped for fibre used in rope and matting.
Arecaceae
Palm family
Gulga belongs to the Arecaceae family.
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