Palms   Bentinckia condapanna

Common Names: Lord Bentinck's Palm Conservation Status: Threatened Distribution & Habitat: Endemic to slopes in moist evergreen hill forest in the southern Western Ghats, southern India. Description: A medium sized solitary pinnate palm to about 10m with a sparse crown of arching fronds. General: This palm was named in the honor of Lord William Gavendish Bentick (Governor of Madras, India 1803-1807). This was once a common palm but has been reduced to rarity by land clearing, as well as being eaten by elaphants, which like the palm's cabbage. Culture: Sunny, moist, but well drained position. Figure 2. Young B. condapanna

Figure 1. B. condapanna adult plant.

Figure 3. B. condapanna infructescence

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Sundaram R. (Figure 1,2&3)

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