Cultivar/Variety

Growth habit

Shape & size of nut

Yield Chali (kg/palm)

Year of release

Recommended Agro climatic area

Promising cultivars

SK Local

Tall

Round and bold

2.00

Northern Kerala , Kasaragod & DK,Karnataka

Thirthahalli

Tall

Small and elongated

2.60

Malnad areas of Karnataka

Sagar

Tall

Small and round

2.25

Shimoga and Uttara Kannada of Karnataka

Shriwardhan

Semi-tall

Round and medium

2.00

Coastal Maharashtra and Karnataka

Hirehalli

Tall

Round to oval medium

3.20

Maidan Parts of local Karnataka

Released varieties

Mangala

Semi tall

Round & small early bearing

3.0

1972

Coastal Karnataka and Kerala

Sumangala

Tall

Oval & medium

3.28

1985

Karnataka and Kerala

Sreemangala

Tall

Round and Oval

3.18

1985

--do--

Mohitnagar

Tall

Oval to round Homogeneous medium

3.67

1991

West Bengal , Karnataka & Kerala

Calicut-17

Tall

Elongated and Sturdy & bold

4.37

1995

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

SAS-1

Tall

Round and compact medium canopy

4.60

1995

Only valleys of Sirsi, Karnataka