About Clustered Fish-Tail Palm
Caryota mitis, known as the clustering fishtail palm or fishtail palm, is a species of palm native to Tropical Asia from India to Java to southern China, now sparingly naturalized in southern Florida and in parts of Africa and Latin America. The species was originally described from Vietnam in 1790. In Florida, it grows in hummocks and in disturbed wooded areas.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Caryota mitis
- Genus
- Caryota
- Family
- ARECACEAE
- Habit
- Palm
- Native to
- Southeast Asia
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Malayalam
- ഉലട്ടി
Botanical family
Arecaceae
Palm family
Clustered Fish-Tail Palm belongs to the Arecaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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