Wallichia triandra

Wallichia triandra
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 2.3) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Genus:	Wallichia
Species:	W. triandra
Binomial name
Wallichia triandra (Joseph) S.K. Basu
Synonyms [2]
Asraoa triandra J.Joseph

Wallichia triandra is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae that is native to South Tibet in China and also to the neighboring Arunachal Pradesh region of India. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Description

The plant is 3 metres (9.8 ft) tall and 3–5 centimetres (1.2–2.0 in) wide while its rachis is 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) in length. Its rachillae are 20–30 centimetres (7.9–11.8 in) in length and the flowers are as big as 4 millimetres (0.16 in). Fruits are red and oblong. ^[2]

References

1. Johnson, D. (1998). "Wallichia triandra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1998 e.T38724A10145823. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T38724A10145823.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. "Wallichia triandra". Flora of China. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
3. Kew World Checlist of Selected Plant Families
4. Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
5. Henderson, A. (2009). Palms of Southern Asia: 1-197. Princeton university press, Princeton and Oxford.