Salacca wallichiana Mart.

Mehmud, Selim & Roy, Himu, 2021, Diversity and distribution of palms (Arecaceae) in Assam, India, Check List 17 (1), pp. 69-93 : 90

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scientific name	Salacca wallichiana Mart.
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Salacca wallichiana Mart. View in CoL

Figure 8E, F

Diagnostic characters. Stem acaulescent. Leaf pin- nate, 4–6 m long; base light yellowish to pink; spines linear, sharp, brown, 2.5–8 cm long, arrangement irreg- ular. Leaflets in clusters of 3 or 5, 58– 60 cm long, 5–6 cm wide, lanceolate, acuminate. Pistillate inflorescences among the leaf ca 60 cm long; rachis with brown indu- mentums; partial inflorescences 5 or 6 in number, 18– 20 cm long; bracts ca 25 cm long; rachillae 5–6 cm long, flowers dyad.

Flowering (pistillate). April to May.

Distribution. Jorhat district; in sunny plains.

Vernacular names. Lichu (Assamese).

Uses. Food (fruit).

Material examined. SIAM • Bankok; 21 Jun. 1920; G. W. Groff leg.; NYBG 02320603 View Materials . INDIA • Assam, Jorhat, Maibeli ; 26°42′04.5″N, 094°26′37.4″E; alt. 60 m; 03 May 2019; S. Mehmud leg. GoogleMaps ; CH, ASSAM 96254 About ASSAM .