Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Arecaceae | Genus: Caryota | Species: Caryota urens L. |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | - | Flower Color | Greenish |
| Common Name | Toddy Palm, Fishtail Palm, Indian Sago Palm, Wine Palm, Jaggery Palm, Kithul Palm | Flower Type | Raceme |
| English / Trade Name | Fishtail palm | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | - | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| 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 | Occurs in moist, shady, cool places | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka | Bark Details | Gray trunk, smooth with annular leaf scars |
| Distribution in manipur | , Central, Eastern | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Palmate | ||
| Description of Species | It is an unarmed, hapaxanthic, solitary or clustered, mediumsized palm up to 20 m tall; bole straight, unbranched, obscured at first by persistent fibrous leaf bases and sheaths, conspicuously ringed with narrow leaf scars, internodes elongated | 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 |
No Specimen Found
