Daemonorops manii Becc., Fl. Brit. India 6: 463 (1893)

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Distribution

Map uses TDWG level 3 distributions (https://github.com/tdwg/wgsrpd)
Andaman Is. present (World Checklist of Arecaceae)B
South Andamans. (Map. 9). (Renuka, C. 1995: A Manual of the Rattans of Andaman and Nicobar Islands)A

Biology And Ecology

  • Flowering not known. Fruiting April - June. (Renuka, C. 1995: A Manual of the Rattans of Andaman and Nicobar Islands)A

Uses

  • Leaves are used for thatching. (Renuka, C. 1995: A Manual of the Rattans of Andaman and Nicobar Islands)A

Description

  • Clustering, medium diameter rattan. Stem 20 m long or more, with sheaths 3 cm in diameter, without sheaths 1.5-2 cm in diameter. Leaves 3 m or more, cirrate; sheath light yellow, armed with spines, spines black, triangular, flat, unequal, 3 cm long, scattered or subseriate; knee prominent; petiole 30 cm long, armed with straight, unequal, black spines at the margins: rachis armed with series of solitary or seriate black Dipped claws; leaflets regular, 30 x 1.5 cm, closely set, veins ciliate from the middle upwards, margin spinulous. Female inflorescence erect, 30 cm long with a rigid unarmed peduncle; all the inner bracts enclosed within the outermost, outer most bract with black spines, inner ones glabrous: partial inflorescence 8-10 cm long, rachilla very rigid with zig-zag sinuous axis. Fruit spherical, 1.5 cm across; scales in 18 vertical rows, brown, channelled in the middle; endosperm ruminate. (Renuka, C. 1995: A Manual of the Rattans of Andaman and Nicobar Islands)A

Materials Examined

  • Wright Myo, South Andamans, 2-4-1992, fr., Vijayakumaran 6632 (KFRI). (Renuka, C. 1995: A Manual of the Rattans of Andaman and Nicobar Islands)A

Bibliography

    A. Renuka, C. 1995: A Manual of the Rattans of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
    B. World Checklist of Arecaceae