Dypsis lutescens (H. Wendl.) Beentje & J. Dransf. | |
Arecaceae | |
Bamboo Palm | |
| Botanical Name | Dypsis lutescens (H. Wendl.) Beentje & J. Dransf. |
| Synonyms | Areca flavescens. Voss; Chrysalidocarpus. lutescens H. Wendl. |
| Family | Arecaceae |
| Common Name | English : Bamboo Palm, Butterfly palm / Tamil : Moongill panai |
| Distribution | Global : Native to Madagascar and Distributed throughout Southeast Asia, America and Africa. Indian: Throughout India |
| Description | Small Evergreen Clustering dioecious palm up to 12m height, Bark greenish to greenish white, smooth. Leaves compound 5-11, strongly arching, sheath yellowish with white waxy bloom, petiolate, rachis regular stiff, leaf lets adaxially green and abaxially waxy and grey. Inflorescence interpetiolar, axillary panicles. Male flowers white pedicellate, sepals 3, hooded, rounded, keeled, petals 3, connate to receptacle, ovate, acute, stamens 6, uniseriate, filament short, anther yellowish white. Female flower, pedicellate, white, sepals 3, yellowish green, hooded, petals 3, free, orbicular or ovate, staminodes present, ovary tricarpellary, small, ovoid, style short, stigma capitate. Fruit drupe, yellow, ellipsoid with pointed end, endocarp fibrous. Seed 1, ovoid, with homogenous endosperm. |
| Flowering Fruiting period | Throughout the year |
| Uses | Ornamental planted in gardens and as indoor plants |
| Medicinal Uses | The plant possess antioxidant and anti-cancerous properties. |
| Tamil Name | Bamboo Palm |
