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{{Short description|Species of palm}}
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|image = Arenga wightii.jpg
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|image_caption = ''Arenga wightii'' at Periya, Wayanad
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| status = VU
|status = VU
|status_system = IUCN2.3
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
|status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Johnson, D. |date=1998 |title=''Arenga wightii'' |volume=1998 |page=e.T38191A10100189 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T38191A10100189.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref>
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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|genus = Arenga
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
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|species = wightii
| ordo = [[Arecales]]
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|authority = [[William Griffith (botanist)|Griff.]]
| familia = [[Arecaceae]]
|synonyms ={{species list |Saguerus wightii|(Griff.) H.Wendl. & Drude}}
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| genus = ''[[Arenga]]''
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| species = '''''A. wightii'''''
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| binomial = ''Arenga wightii''

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| binomial_authority = [[William Griffith (botanist)|Griff.]]
'''''Arenga wightii''''' is a species of [[flowering plant]] in the family [[Arecaceae]].<ref name=POWO>{{cite web |url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:664268-1 |title= Arenga wightii Griff. |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=n.d. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=May 11, 2024}}</ref><ref name=COL>{{cite web |url= https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/GFH3 |title= Arenga wightii Griff. |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=n.d. |website=Catalogue of Life |publisher=Species 2000 |access-date=May 11, 2024}}</ref> It is native to the Southern Western Ghats in Kerala in [[India]]. This palm has various uses in its communities. Local tribal communities depend on this plant for starch (food supplement) and religious ceremonies. It is also used to cover the roofs of houses due to its string resemblance to coconut leaves. Scientists have discovered that this palm has medicinal value. It is said to have antimicrobial and antioxidant phytochemicals. It is threatened by [[habitat loss]].
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'''''Arenga wightii''''' is a species of [[flowering plant]] in the [[Arecaceae]] family.
==References==
It is found almost exclusively in [[India]].
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It is threatened by [[habitat loss]].
RIYAS Chakkinga Thodi, (2020),''A review on the unexplored and underutilized Arenga species in India''
==Source==

* Johnson, D. 1998. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/38191/all Arenga wightii]. [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
==External links==
{{Commons category|Arenga wightii}}
* [https://archive.today/20130415005912/http://indiabiodiversity.org/biodiv/species/show/7984]
* http://www.palmpedia.net/wiki/Arenga_wightii
* http://www.biotik.org/india/species/a/arenwigh/arenwigh_en.html
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/355482043_A_review_on_the_unexplored_and_underutilized_Arenga_species_in_India

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Latest revision as of 20:21, 11 May 2024

Arenga wightii
Arenga wightii at Periya, Wayanad
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Arenga
Species:
A. wightii
Binomial name
Arenga wightii
Synonyms[2]
  • Saguerus wightii (Griff.) H.Wendl. & Drude

Arenga wightii is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae.[2][3] It is native to the Southern Western Ghats in Kerala in India. This palm has various uses in its communities. Local tribal communities depend on this plant for starch (food supplement) and religious ceremonies. It is also used to cover the roofs of houses due to its string resemblance to coconut leaves. Scientists have discovered that this palm has medicinal value. It is said to have antimicrobial and antioxidant phytochemicals. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Johnson, D. (1998). "Arenga wightii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T38191A10100189. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T38191A10100189.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Arenga wightii Griff". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
  3. ^ "Arenga wightii Griff". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved May 11, 2024.

RIYAS Chakkinga Thodi, (2020),A review on the unexplored and underutilized Arenga species in India

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