Caryota
Fishtail palms | |
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Caryota mitis leaves | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Arecales |
Family: | Arecaceae |
Subfamily: | Coryphoideae |
Tribe: | Caryoteae |
Genus: | Caryota L. |
Type species | |
Caryota urens | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Caryota is a genus of palm trees. They are often known as fishtail palms because of the shape of their leaves. There are about 13 species native to Asia (China, India, Indonesia, etc.), northern Australia, and the South Pacific.[1] One of the more widely known species is Caryota urens, the flowers of which are used to make one type of jaggery (an unrefined sugar), and also to make palm wine. Caryota mitis is native to Indochina, but has become an invasive introduced species in the US state of Florida. They are also one of the few Arecaceae with bipinnate foliage. Many grow in mountainous areas and are adapted to warm mediterranean climates as well as subtropical and tropical climates.[2]
Fishtail palms contain raphides.
Species[]
Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
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F.Muell. ex H.Wendl. | Queensland | |
Zumaidar & Jeanson | Sulawesi | |
Lodd. ex Mart. | Philippines fishtail palm - Philippines | |
Caryota elegans Schaedtler | ||
Hodel | Thailand | |
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Blume | Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan, Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Java, Sumatra, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam |
Caryota mitis Lour. | Burmese fishtail palm - Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Borneo, Cambodia, India, Java, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam | |
Becc. | Vietnam, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan | |
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Caryota no Becc. | Borneo |
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Caryota obtusa Griff. | Thailand mountain palm - Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand |
Dowe | Vanuatu | |
Caryota rumphiana Mart. | Albert palm - Philippines, Sulawesi, Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Bismarck Archipelago | |
Gagnep. | Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia | |
Caryota urens L. | southern India, Sri Lanka; naturalized in Assam, Bangladesh, Bonin Islands, southern China,Nepal, Myanmar, Andaman Islands, Malaysia, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico - jaggery palm, solitary fishtail palm, wine palm, toddy palm | |
Hambali & al. | New Guinea |
Gallery[]
Fishtail palm at Bhopal
Fishtail palm at Bhopal
Fishtail palm flower in detail.
Fishtail palm at Chandigarh
Fishtail palm - close up
Leaves of fishtail palm tree
Fishtail palm - detail
References[]
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
External links[]
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- Caryota
- Arecaceae genera
- Flora of Indomalesia
- Garden plants of Asia
- Garden plants of Oceania
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus