IUCN Red List Status: Near Threatened and Lower Risk/Near Threatened (NT)
Hyphaene dichotoma (White) Furtado, Gard. Bull. Singapore 25: 301 1970. (syn: Borassus dichotomus White; Hyphaene indica Becc.; Hyphaene taprobanica Furtado);
Branching palm;
Branching Palm: Hyphaene dichotoma
and it’s fruit Common names: Branching Palm Ravan-maad, Sat-taad Today at Alibag, Maharashtra Had seen this fruit a couple of years ago at Kol Bot G among some leaf litter, I almost stumbled on it, searched the surrounding trees for any similar fruits, to no avail… fruit was exactly the color you showed, was hard, could not be crushed between fingers of palms of two hands… Its memory has been a mystery till today ….
Thanks now I know where to go and look for it… (But originally where I had found it is not where these palms are planted, so some curious person may have picked it near the palms and discarded it where I found it) This is common in Diu island.
There are couple of them at Godrej Baug – Malabar Hill and 2 at Shivaree (when you go to mud flats to see Flemingos, they are in the compound of State Excise Dept office), one at Kanjurmarg…in Mumbai.
71st Tree Appreciation Walk at Joseph Baptista Gardens, Dockyard Rd, on 10th April at 7.30am : Attachments (3)
edible fruit of Branching Palm.JPG
fruits of Hyphaene dichotoma.JPG
AAZ Fortnight :: Arecaceae :: SMP2 :: Hyphaene thebaica. Alibag : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1).
Hyphaene thebaica.
The branched palm from Alibag
I think this one from Alibag should be Hyphaene dichotoma (White) Furtado as per other postings from the area.
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