Pinanga gracilis Bl.
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Pinanga gracilis Bl. |
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Pinanga gracilis Bl. View in CoL
Figure 7C
Diagnostic characters. Stems clustered, erect, brownblack, unarmed, 3–4 m tall; internodes 7–10 cm long and ca 1.3 cm in diameter. Leaf pinnate, 0.6–1 m long; crown- shaft 12–16 cm long, with golden indumentums; petiole 6–10 cm long. Leaflets regular, opposite to subopposite, 3–5 per side, lanceolate to sigmoid, 30–33 cm long, ca 5 cm wide, acuminate at the base with 5 or 6 veins; termi- nal leaflets connate at base, ca 30 cm long and ca 8 cm wide, tip dentate and apices bifid, entire, veins 9 or 10. Inflorescence below the leaf, 20–33 cm long with single rachilla; pistillate flower small, ca 5 mm, in between two staminate pink flowers, ca 8 mm wide. Fruits ovoid, red, arrangement spiral, ca 1.5 cm long.
Flowering and fruiting. May to June and November to December, respectively.
Distribution. Cachar, Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Kamrup Metro, East Karbi Anglong, West Karbi Anglong, Kokrajhar and Tinsukia districts.
Vernacular names. Geruga Tamul (Assamese); Ram Gua (Bengali, Dimasha).
Uses. As masticator (fruit).
Material examined. INDIA • Assam, Nongpoh Forest ; 14 Dec. 1931; Sri Ram leg.; ASSAM 30871 . • As- sam, Cachar, Daulashal ; 24°26′14″N, 092°49′34.6″E; alt. 5 m; 15 Nov. 2019; S. Mehmud leg. GoogleMaps ; CH, ASSAM 96247 View Materials .
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Department of Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History |
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