✿Arecaceae · Caryota
Clustered Fish-Tail Palm
Caryota mitis
Palmoutdoor
- Habit
- Palm
- Found in India
- Andaman & Nicobar Islands, West Bengal, Assam & more
Plant Details
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Bipinnately compound (doubly divided, fishtail-shaped fronds)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Clustered Fish-Tail Palm itself; the rest are typical of the Arecaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet“Flowers are purple and grow on hanging spikes.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Panicle
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Clustered Fish-Tail Palm itself; the rest are typical of the Arecaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- ഉലട്ടി
About Clustered Fish-Tail Palm
A member of the Arecaceae family, Clustered Fish-Tail Palm (Caryota mitis) is a palm. In India it has been recorded in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, West Bengal, Assam and 2 other states.
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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