Arecaceae
Burmese fishtail palm
Caryota mitis
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Caryota
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Common names
By language (21)
- ace
- Beuradén
- Arabic
- قريوطة طرية, نخلة كاريوتا, قريوطة جاوية
- arz
- قريوطه طريه
- Cantonese
- 短穗魚尾葵
- Chinese
- 叢立孔雀椰子, 短穗鱼尾葵, 短穗鱼尾葵（董棕）, 董棕粉, 酒椰子, 董棕
- Czech
- Palicha jemná, Karyota jemná, Palma pálivka
- Dutch
- Zachte vinnetjespalm
- English
- Burmese fishtail palm, Clustered fishtail palm, Clustering fishtail palm, Tufted fishtail palm
- Finnish
- Burmaneväpalmu
- German
- Fischschwanzpalme
- Hebrew
- קריוטה נאה
- Hungarian
- Halfarokpálma
- Indonesian
- Sarai
- Japanese
- コモチクジャクヤシ
- Malay
- Pokok Dudar
- Malayalam
- ഉലട്ടി
- Persian
- نخل کاریوتا
- Polish
- Kariota łagodna
- Sundanese
- Suangkung, Suwangkung
- Thai
- เต่าร้างแดง
- Vietnamese
- Móc, Đủng đỉnh
Synonyms
- Caryota furfuracea Blume
- Caryota griffithii Becc.
- Caryota griffithii var. selebica Becc.
- Caryota javanica Zipp. ex Miq.
- Caryota nana Linden
- Caryota plumosa Linden
- Caryota propinqua Blume
- Caryota purpuracea G.Nicholson
- Caryota sobolifera Wall. ex Mart.
- Caryota speciosa Linden
- Drymophloeus zippellii Hassk.
- Thuessinkia speciosa Korth.
Flowers
- In flower
- April (from 6 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
FruitPhoto: James K. Douch, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Prenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mark Pellegrini, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rainer Breitling, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mark Pellegrini, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: prodewald, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: This photo has been taken by Matthieu Sontag, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Josiah Londerée, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Prenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: T R Shankar Raman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Prenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Caryota
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- Borneo fishtail palmCaryota noArecaceae
- Giant fishtail palmCaryota obtusaArecaceae
- Albert palmCaryota rumphianaArecaceae
- Giant mountain fishtail palmCaryota maximaArecaceae
- Caryota cumingiiArecaceae
- Caryota kiriwongensisArecaceae
- Caryota monostachyaArecaceae
- Snakeskin fishtail palmCaryota ophiopellisArecaceae
- Caryota albertiiArecaceae
- Caryota sympetalaArecaceae
- Zebra fishtail palmCaryota zebrinaArecaceae
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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.