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Solitary Fishtail Palm

Caryota urens

Photo by desireej1
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Field Notes

Description:

The fruit is the flower. The Fruit/Flower is a bundle of long green strings of beans/bead like objects. The leaf is about 20cm in length and 15cm in width at the widest/longest point. the leaf is a irregular leaf shape. The leaf margins are doubly serrated. The leaf venation is netted palmate. The leaf arrangement is alternate. The leaf texture is smooth on the front. The bark texture is peel-able and thin. The root system is prop and stilt roots.

Habitat:

Tropical Rainforest, secondary Rainforest, shady with a little light

Species ID Suggestions

Fishtail palm

Caryota urens

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PublishedMarch 1, 2013

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