Plantation Crops

Cultivars of arecanut

• Mangala
  It bears early with more number of female flowers per inflorescence, higher nut set. It stabilizes quickly in comparison with local South Kanara variety. The cultivar was released by CPCRI for coastal areas of Karnataka and Kerala upto an altitude of about 800 meters above MSL.
  

 

 

• Sumangala
  It is a tall type with partially drooping crown. Under good management, palms flower in 4-5 years. The colour of the ripe nuts is deep yellow to orange and oblong to round in shape. The variety recorded an average yield of 17.25 kg of ripe nuts per palm per year at the age of ten years. It was released by CPCRI.

 

• Sreemangala
  Arecanut palm is tall with partially drooping crown with longer internodes and sturdy stem. It starts flowering in 4-5 years. It is a high yielder with an average yield of 15.63 kg ripe nuts per palm per year. Ripe nuts usually oblong to round in shape with deep yellow colour. It was released by CPCRI.

 

 

• Mohitnagar
  The variety is consistent high yielder with an average yield of 15.08 kg ripe nuts per palm per year. This variety is released by CPCRI for cultivation in West Bengal and Coastal areas of Karnataka and Kerala.

• Kahikuchi Tall
  A high yielding variety, Kahikuchi (VTL-64) has been released for Assam and NEH region. Nuts are bigger and heavier with high recovery of chali/ dry kernel (25.2 %) from fresh nuts. The average yield of this cultivar is 3.70 kg dry kernel per palm per year.

 

 

• Swarnamangala
  Tall type with partially drooping crown, flower in 4-5 years, longer internodes, sturdy stem, orange to deep yellow colored and oblong to round shape nuts. Average yield (Chali/palm) : 3.90 Kg. It is released for irrigated areas of Karnataka and Kerala.

 

 

• South Kanara Local/Kasaragod Local
  It is largely grown in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka and Kasaragod district of Kerala. It is characterised by large sized nuts with uniform bearing and the average chali yield is about 2.0 kg/palm/year. Ripe nut of this cultivar is mainly used for making chali.

 

 

• Calicut-17
  The striking features of this cultivar is its consistent and high yielding potential (average yield of 18.89 kg ripenuts per palm per year with a kernel wt. of 4.34kg per palm per year), well placed bunches with round and bold nuts. This cultivar has been released for commercial cultivation in Andaman and Nicobar group of islands.

• SAS-1
  This variety is characterized by tall palm with compact canopy. Nuts are round and even sized and closely arranged on compact bunches. Also it is suitable for both tender and ripe nut processing. It has got the potential to yield about 4.60 kg chali per palm per year. The variety has been recommended for traditional arecanut growing valleys of Sirsi hill zone of Karnataka.

 

 

• Shriwardhan
  It is grown widely in the Raigad and Rathnagiri districts of Maharashtra and Coastal Karnataka. The nuts of this variety are oval in shape and the yield is comparable to `South Kanara’. Average yield recorded is about 2.20 kg chali/palm/year. Due to its shape and marbled appearance of the kernel when cut, it fetches premium price in the market.

 

 

• Sagar
  It is mainly grown in Uttara Kannada and Shimoga districts of Karnataka. It is a tall type and having sturdy stem with erect bunches are the distinguishing characters of this cultivar. The nuts are smaller in size and round in shape. Average yield 2.25 kg chali/palm/year. Nuts are used for making both chali and tender nut processing.

 

 

• Thirthahalli
  It is grown extensively in Malnad areas of Chikmagalur and Shimoga districts of Karnataka and ripe nuts of this cultivar preferred for tender nut processing. The size of the nuts are smaller and oblong in shape. Its yield is about 12 kg ripe nut/palm/year.

• Vittal Areca Hybrid -1
  It is early bearer, dwarf with partially drooping crown, well spread leaves, sturdy stem, medium size, oval shape and yellow to orange coloured nuts. It reduces cost of cultivation, harvesting and spraying easy. Average yield (Chali/palm): 2.54 Kg. It is released for coastal Karnataka and Kerala.

• Vittal Areca Hybrid -2
  It is early bearer, dwarf with partially drooping crown, well spread leaves, sturdy stem, medium size, oval shape and yellow to orange coloured nuts. It reduces cost of cultivation, harvesting and spraying easy. Average yield (Chali/palm): 2.64 Kg. It is released for coastal Karnataka and Kerala.

 

 

 

 

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