| Hill Areca Palm |
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| File size | 400374 |
| Original date | 12/12/12 6:47 PM |
| Resolution | 4000 x 3000 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 31.45mm |
| Exposure time | 1/640s |
| Aperture | 5.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | Canon |
| Camera model | Canon PowerShot SX130 IS |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Bentinckia condapanna Family: Arecaceae (Palm family)
Hill Areca Palm is a palm with a smooth trunk 10 m
tall, grey with annulate scaring. It has a sparse crown of arching
fronds. Leaves are compound, pinnate, 1.5-2 m long; leaflets 60-75 x
2.5-5 cm, linear oblong, 2-3 united, tip usually bifid; lobes 5-10 cm.
Inflorescence: Spadix from axil of fallen leaves just below crown.
Spathes are many, membranous, flowers small, sunken in branches of
spadix; male flowers scarlet; female flowers lilac or violet,
flower-cluster-stalks branched. Fruit is nearly spherical, rather
compressed, 1-1.2 cm. in diameter, red, 1-seeded. Hill Areca Palm is
endemic to Southern Western Ghats.
| Identification credit: N Arun Kumar | Photographed in Peppara WIldlife Sanctuary, Kerala. |
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