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Burmese Fishtail-palm
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Palms

Burmese Fishtail-palm

Caryota mitis Lour.

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishBurmese Fishtail-palm
DutchZachte Vinnetjespalm
SpanishPalmera cola de pescado
Chinese短穗鱼尾葵
Sranan Tongopalmbon (general name for the group)
Scientific nameCaryota mitis Lour.

About this species

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.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderArecales
FamilyArecaceae
GenusCaryota

In Suriname

3Records in Suriname
1iNaturalist observations
1963First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Paramaribo2

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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