Betal nut palm
Betal nut palm
Scientific name: Areca catechu L.
Local name: ‘Shupari’
Taxonomic Position of Betalnut Palm According to Cronquist (1981)
Kingdom | : Plantae |
Division | : Magnoliophyta |
Class | :Liliopsida |
Subclass | : Arecidae |
Order | : Arecales |
Family | : Arecaeae |
Genus | : Areca |
Species | : A. catechu |
Botanical Description of Betal Nut Palm
Habit: Monoecious palm
Root: Adventitious arises from the base of stem, roots are mostly located in the top 1.5 m of the soil.
Stem: Erect, stout, covered by persistent leaf bases.
Leaf: Leaves in a terminal crown, simple leaf having leaflet, the leaflets are sharply pointed end converted into spine of the lower leaflets.
Inflorescence: Spadix, spadices several branches, enclosed by spathe look like boat.
Flower: Small, sessile, unisexual.
Male flower
Calyx: Sepal 3, rounded, free, aestivation imbricate
Corolla: Petal 3, valvate aestivation
Perianth: Tepal 6, arranged in two whorls
Androecium: Stamen 6
Female flower
Gynoecium: ovary oblong, unilocular, carpel 1
Fruit: One seeded drupe, woody endocarp
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