Arecaceae
Giant mountain fishtail palm
Caryota maxima
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Caryota
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- قريوطة مبجلة
- Cantonese
- 魚尾葵
- Chinese
- 鱼尾葵, 鱼尾葵叶, 鱼尾葵根, 魚尾葵, 假桄榔, 果株, 青棕
- English
- Giant mountain fishtail palm, Himalayan fishtail palm, Java fishtail palm, Mountain fishtail palm, Chinese fishtail palm, Common fishtail palm
Synonyms
- Caryota aequatorialis (Becc.) Ridl.
- Caryota bacsonensis Magalon
- Caryota furfuracea var. caudata Blume
- Caryota furfuracea var. furcata Blume
- Caryota macrantha Burret
- Caryota majestica Linden
- Caryota majestica Schaedtler
- Caryota obtusa var. aequatorialis Becc.
- Caryota ochlandra Hance
- Caryota rumphiana var. javanica Becc.
- Caryota rumphiana var. oxyodonta Becc.
- Caryota rumphiana var. philippinensis Becc.
Photos
Photo: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mk2010, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.