Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Arecaceae | Genus: Caryota | Species: Caryota urens Linn. |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Flower Color | White | |
| Common Name | Fishtail Palm, | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Toddy Palm, Fishtail Palm, Indian Sago Palm, Wine Palm, Jaggery Palm, Kithul Palm | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Mari | Fruiting Period | Jan-March |
| Altitude | Up to 1200 m | Fruit Type | Drupe |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | The fruit matures to a round, 1 cm (0.39 in) drupe, red in color with one seed. Fruit development takes 32-38 weeks. |
| Habitat | It is found in monsoon climates and peri-humid regions. It prefers moist, shady, cool places. It is a slow-growing, shade-tolerant or shade-demanding species. | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka | Bark Details | Gray trunk, smooth with annular leaf scars. |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park, Sukhna Choe Reserve Forest & Sukhna Lake , Sector 45, Sector 46 | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Palmate | ||
| Description of Species | Monoecious stout tall palms, 16-20 m tall, 30-50 cm diam., trunk smooth with prominent annular leaf-scars. Leaves bipinnate, 4-6 m long; pinnae 5-7 pairs, to 1.5 m long; leaflets broadly cuneate, fan-shaped, 12-20 cm long, 7-10 cm wide at wider portion, raemorse at apex, many ribbed. Spadix interfoliar, shortly peduncled, much branched, pendulous, to 4 m long; spathes few, 40-50 cm long. Flowers many, in triads with female flower in the middle. Sepals 3, rounded, imbricate. Petals linear-oblong, valvate. Stamens many. Ovary 3-celled, 3-gonous; ovule 1-per locule. Fruit c. 2 cm across, globose, reddish purple. Seeds plano-convex, subreniform. | Leaf Details | Leaves bipinnate (pinnate in juveniles), induplicate with a terminal leaflet; sheath triangular, disintegrating into strong black fibres, densely hairy; petiole channelled above; leaflets numerous, obliquely wedge shaped, upper margin irregularly toothed. It has a leaf shape that resembles the lower fin of a fish. |
