Abstract
Bentinckia condapanna a vulnerable palm distributed along the southern Western Ghats has a sparse distribution in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. A viable population of this palm is found in Arundel-Priya Estate, an abandoned tea plantation in Kollam District, Kerala. This population comprises 76 mature palms and is on the verge of being affected with the proposed widening of Kazhuthurutty-Arundel-Achankoil road and may wipe out the whole population.
Highlights
Note Conserving the newly recorded Hill Arecanut Palm Bentinckia condapanna Berry ex Roxb (Arecaceae) population outside the natural forest as wildlife corridor
The species grows on steep rocky slopes of evergreen forests and recorded from Agastyamala and Peppara (Thiruvananthapuram), Kulathupuzha (Kollam), Moozhiyar and Kakki (Pathanamthitta) and Pachakkanam, Uppupara and Peerumedu (Idukki) in Kerala (Renuka 1999; Varghese & Menon 1999)
During field exploration in Shendurney forest range at Thenmala, Kollam District in March 2013, we observed a population of Bentinckia condapanna (Image 1) in Arundel-Priya Estate, which is an abandoned tea plantation
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