Mazhar Botanic Garden

Caryota mitis Lour.

Clustering fishtail palm Burmese Fishtail palm

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000014
Common name: Clustering fishtail palm, Burmese Fishtail palm
English name: Clustering fishtail palm,
Arabic name: كاريوتا
Native: India, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore
Country: India Malaysia Philippines Singapore Thailand
(PGR): Common

Clustered stems, growing 10 m tall and 15 cm wide leaves: compound, can be up to 3 m long Inflorescences: spirally- arranged (initiating at top an moving down stem) cream, densely massed 30-60 cm long fruit: globose 12 cm in diameter, ripening from green to red

Ornamental Palm. Trunk contains a starch that can be used to make sago. The leaves are also used as thatching for huts and weaving, while the fibers from the young leaves are used as tinder to start a fire.

Caryota furfuracea Blume ex Mart

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Texture: Clay Loam
Fertility: High
Drainage: Well drained
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Subtropics
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time: Summer
Zone: 9b : 10
pH range: 6.0 and 7.5
Status: Common
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Palm
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Ornamental Fibre
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Cultivation
pH: Mild acid Mild alkaline Neutral
Located in: Herbarium Yard

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