Fishtail Palm
ಬಗನಿसल्फीகூந்தற்பனை
Caryota urens L.
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 15 m
- wide
- 6.0 m
Arecaceae
Also called Jaggery palm, Toddy Palm, Wine Palm
When it flowers
JFMAMJJASOND
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- W. & S. India, Sri LankaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 15 mRead from Wikipedia and Plants For A Future, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: Wikipedia 18–18 m; Plants For A Future 12–12 m
- Spread
- 6.0 mRead from Wikipedia and Plants For A Future, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Flowers
- WhiteRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (8)
- Chinese
- 董棕, 假董棕, 孔雀椰子
- Simplified Chinese
- 果榜, 董棕, 酒假桄榔
- Hindi
- सल्फी
- Tamil
- கூந்தற்பனை
- Telugu
- జీలుగ
- Kannada
- ಬಗನಿ
- Marathi
- भेरली माड
- Malayalam
- ചൂണ്ടപ്പന
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Plants For A Future, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Caryota urens (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.