Arecaceae
Giant fishtail palm
Caryota obtusa
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Caryota
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Common names
By language (6)
- Arabic
- قريوطة مفلطحة
- Chinese
- 董棕, 果榜, 酒假桄榔
- English
- Giant fishtail palm, Mountain fishtail palm
- Indonesian
- Pinang serai
- Persian
- نخل دمدار بزرگ
- Thai
- เต่าร้างยักษ์น่าน
Synonyms
- Caryota gigas Hahn ex Hodel
- Caryota obtusidentata Griff.
- Caryota rumphiana var. indica Becc.
Photos
FruitPhoto: Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: T R Shankar Raman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: T R Shankar Raman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: T R Shankar Raman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: insect ID, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Elías Torres Arroyo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Caryota
- Jaggery palmCaryota urensArecaceae
- Burmese fishtail palmCaryota mitisArecaceae
- Borneo fishtail palmCaryota noArecaceae
- 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). About our plant data.