Caryota urens

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Caryota urens

Fi ht il palm
Fishtail
l
Caryota urens
Information sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caryota_urenshttp://www.flowersofindia.
net/catalog/slides/Gandarusa.html
http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Fishtail%20Palm.html
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/56543/#b
http://www.henriettesherbal.com/eclectic/journals/ajp1883/06ceylon.html
Photography Locations
Kishankant Park, Hyderabad
http://genessa.webring.com/christmasholiday.htm
http://www.facebook.com/pages/TODDY/43704836416
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Fishtail palm
Caryota urens

Native: India, Srilanka and
Myanmar

Family: Arecaceae

Height: 12m

Leaf Shape: Triangular

Ornamental plant
Fishtail palm
Caryota urens

Other common names:
Solitary fish tail palm,
toddy palm, wine palm,
jaggery palm

Hindi: Mari

Malayalam: Anappana

Sanskrit: Moha-karin
Moha karin

Tamil:
Kontalpanaiெகாண்டல்
பைன
Caryota (kair-ee-OH-tuh)
urens (UR-ens)
Fishtail palm
Caryota urens
A fast growing ornamental tree
Fishtail palm
Caryota urens
Leaves are bipinnately compound, triangular in
shape and resemble with the lower fin of a fish
Fishtail palm
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Long inflorescences emerge at each leaf node, from top to
bottom, producing pendent clusters of white, unisexual
flowers
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When these palms grow to reach 20', they start producing flowers at
the top of the trunk with subsequent flowers produced lower and
lower on the trunk. When the lowest flower blooms, the tree dies
Fishtail palm
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Fruit is a drupe ,red in color with single seed
Fi ht il palm
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Benefits
Fishtail palm
Starch obtained from sap is
Caryota urens
used as sweetening agent
in many confections,
confections candy
etc
The bark is used to arrest
the alcoholic fermentation
of the juice of the Jaggery
palm

Toddy taken in small
quantity help to control
body pains
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