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Caryota

Genus of palms

Caryota
Summary

Genus of palms

  • Schunda-Pana Adans.
  • Thuessinkia Korth. ex Miq
''Caryota mitis''

Caryota is a genus of palm trees. They are often known as fishtail palms because of the shape of their leaves.

As of September 2025, the genus comprises 14 accepted species, with a native distribution ranging from the Indian subcontinent and southern China, extending in a south-east direction to Queensland, Australia and Vanuatu.

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.

Fishtail palms contain raphides.

Species

ImageScientific nameDistribution
Caryota albertii F.Muell. ex H.Wendl.Queensland
Caryota angustifolia Zumaidar & JeansonSulawesi
[[File:Caryota cumingii.jpg120px]]Caryota cumingii Lodd. ex Mart.Philippines fishtail palm - Philippines
Caryota elegans Schaedtler
Caryota kiriwongensis HodelThailand
[[File:Caryota maxima 001.jpg120px]]Caryota maxima BlumeGuangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan, Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Java, Sumatra, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
[[File:Đùng đình.JPG120px]]Caryota mitis Lour.Burmese fishtail palm - Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Borneo, Cambodia, India, Java, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
Caryota monostachya Becc.Vietnam, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan
[[File:Starr-120403-4144-Caryota no-fronds-Kula-Maui (25045239351).jpg120px]]Caryota no Becc.Borneo
[[File:Caryota obtusa kz4.jpg120px]]Caryota obtusa Griff.Thailand mountain palm - Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand
Caryota ophiopellis DoweVanuatu
[[File:Caryota rumphiana - Fishtale Palm P1170555.JPG120px]]Caryota rumphiana Mart.Albert palm - Philippines, Sulawesi, Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Bismarck Archipelago
Caryota sympetala Gagnep.Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia
[[File:Fish tail palm.JPG120px]]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
Caryota zebrina Hambali & al.New Guinea

References

References

  1. [https://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=34756 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
  2. "Caryota L. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science".
  3. Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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