Caryota mitis

Caryota mitis
Leaves of Caryota mitis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Caryota
Species: C. mitis
Binomial name
Caryota mitis
Lour.
Synonyms[1]
  • Caryota furfuracea Blume ex Mart.
  • Caryota griffithii Becc.
  • Caryota griffithii var. selebica Becc.
  • Caryota javanica Zipp. ex Miq.
  • Caryota nana Linden
  • Caryota propinqua Blume ex Mart.
  • Caryota sobolifera Wall. ex Mart.
  • Caryota sobolifera Wall.
  • Caryota speciosa Linden
  • Drymophloeus zippellii Hassk.
  • Thuessinkia speciosa Korth.

Caryota mitis, the clustering fishtail palm, is a species of palm native to southeast Asia from India to Java to southern China, now sparingly naturalized in southern Florida and in parts of Africa and Latin America.[2][3][4][5][6] The species was originally described from Vietnam in 1790.[7] In Florida, it grows in hummocks and in disturbed wooded areas.[8]

Caryota mitis has clustered stems up to 10 m (33 feet) tall and 15 cm (6 inches) in diameter. Leaves can be up to 3 m (10 feet) long. Flowers are purple, fruits dark purple or red.[7][9][10]

Caryota mitis in Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List
  2. ↑ Berendsohn, W.G., A. K. Gruber & J. A. Monterrosa Salomón. 2012. Nova Silva Cuscatlanica. Árboles nativos e introducidos de El Salvador. Parte 2: Angiospermae – Familias M a P y Pteridophyta. Englera 29(2): 1–300.
  3. ↑ Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  4. ↑ Linares, J. L. 2003 [2005]. Listado comentado de los árboles nativos y cultivados en la república de El Salvador. Ceiba 44(2): 105–268.
  5. ↑ Molina Rosito, A. 1975. Enumeración de las plantas de Honduras. Ceiba 19(1): 1–118.
  6. ↑ ORSTOM. 1988. List of Vascular Plants of Gabon with Synonymy, Herbier National du Gabon, Yaounde.
  7. 1 2 Loureiro, João de. Flora Cochinchinensis 2: 569–570. 1790.
  8. ↑ Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida i–x, 1–806. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
  9. ↑ Flora of North America v 22 p 115.
  10. ↑ Flora of China v 23 p 150.
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