Areca triandra
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Areca triandra is a palm
native to India
and Malaysia which is often used as ornamental plant
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Arecaceae
Arecaceae or Palmae , are a family of flowering plants, the only family in the monocot order Arecales. There are roughly 202 currently known genera with around 2600 species, most of which are restricted to tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate climates...
native to India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and Malaysia which is often used as ornamental plant
Ornamental plant
Ornamental plants are plants that are grown for decorative purposes in gardens and landscape design projects, as house plants, for cut flowers and specimen display...
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Distribution
Tropical and subtropical Asia (including Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Malay peninsula).Description
- Stems : clustered, 1.5–4(–7) m tall; stems slender, green, 3–5 cm, with stilt roots.
- Leaves : slightly drooping, 1-1.8 m long; sheaths forming a swollen, green crown shaft; petiole slender; leaflets 0.3–1 m long, 3.5–5 cm wide.
- Inflorescences : 15–30 × 5–15 cm; prophyll 30 cm long. Flowers ♂ cream-coloured with a strong lemon fragrance, 2.5 mm long; ♀ globose, cream-coloured, 7.5 mm long.
- Fruits : 2.5 cm long, with a prominently beaked tip, ripening to orange, then to scarlet.