Livistona jenkinsiana Griff.

Mehmud, Selim & Roy, Himu, 2021, Diversity and distribution of palms (Arecaceae) in Assam, India, Check List 17 (1), pp. 69-93 : 83

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Livistona jenkinsiana Griff. View in CoL

Figure 7A, B

Diagnostic characters. Stems solitary, erect, 10–15 m tall tree, 25–30 cm in diameter; trunk grey-black, with old petioles. Leaf costapalmate, 2.2–3 m long; petiole 1.5–2 m long, margin with brown curved spines, ca 1.5 cm; lamina 0.9–1.2 m; leaflets 46–53 in number, apices bifid, 6–7 cm long, acute. Inflorescence 1.3–1.4 m long; 3 branched, 70–87 cm long; rachillae 10–42 cm long. Fruits round, bluish-black, ca 2.4 cm in diameter.

Flowering and fruiting. February and May to June, respectively.

Distribution. Baksa, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Kamrup Rural, Lakhimpur, Nagaon, Sibsagar and Tinsukia districts; wild and domesticated.

Vernacular names. Takou (Assamese).

Uses. For brooms, huts and hats (leaf), masticator (fruit). Material examined. INDIA • Assam, Kamrup Rural , Borkhuli, Ukiam Road; 25°52′14.2″N, 091°21′11″E; alt. 66 m; 01 Jul. 2018; S. Mehmud leg.; CH, ASSAM 96243 About ASSAM GoogleMaps .