Tree Details

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Botanical Name	Borassus flabellifer L.
Family Name	Arecaceae
Common Name	Doub palm, palmyra palm, tala palm and wine palm
Tamil Name	பனைமரம்
Life Form	Tree
Distribution	Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia
Botanical Distribution	Habit: 20 m tall, grey with well-defined leaf scars. Leaves: leaves petiole and sheath, robust, bright yellow, leaflets apices acute and entire or splitting longitudinally with age, Rachilla bracts forming pits containing a cincinnus of 4 – 7 flowers. Flower: Pistillate inflorescences usually spicate, 5 – 20 flowers arranged spirally. Staminate flowers exserted from pits, calyx divided into three sepals, petal lobes with stamens 6, anthers, pistillode minute. Fruits: massive, yellowish black, ovoid and rounded or flattened at the apex; produced inside persistent perianth segments; epicarp coriaceous, mesocarp pulp yellow
Flowering and Fruiting	January - June
Key Compounds	Steroid saponins, Steroidal glycoside
Medicinal Use	Gonorrhea, Hyperdipsia, Skin diseases, Burning sensation,Inflammation, Dyspepsia, Flatulence, Colic, Constipation, Intestinal worms, Leprosy and Hemorrhages.
At the Campus	Outside of the tennis ground