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Bentinckia nicobarica (Nicobar palm)

Synonyms: Orania nicobarica

Wikipedia Abstract

Bentinckia nicobarica is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family. It is found only in India.This palm is endemic to Nicobar Islands, found in Great Nicobar, Katchal, Nancowry and Car Nicobar Islands.Its population is rapidly declining. It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Bentinckia nicobarica

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Bentinckia nicobarica

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-High
Fruit Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Height [2]  66 feet (20 m)
Fruit Color [2]  Red

Predators

Cephrenes augiades (Orange palmdart)[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Kissling, W. Daniel et al. (2019), Data from: PalmTraits 1.0, a species-level functional trait database for palms worldwide, v4, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.ts45225
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0