Caryota rumphiana
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Caryota rumphiana, whose common names include the Fishtail or Albert palm is a Caryota
or fish tail palm from South East Asia. Its leaves have a distinctive fishtail shape and its flowers have been described as mop-like. Unusually for a palm it flowers once and then dies.
Caryota
Caryota is a genus of palm trees. They are often known as fishtail palms because of the shape of their leaves. There are about 13 species native to Asia and the South Pacific. One of the more widely known species is Caryota urens, which yields sap used to make an unrefined sugar called jaggery, and...
or fish tail palm from South East Asia. Its leaves have a distinctive fishtail shape and its flowers have been described as mop-like. Unusually for a palm it flowers once and then dies.