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Caryota obtusa
About
Caryota obtusa is a species of flowering plant in the palm family Arecaceae. It is native to India, Laos and Thailand. The palm is commonly called giant fishtail palm or Thai giant caryota. It can reach 20 meters or more in height and is thus considered a tree. It is monocarpic meaning it flowers once, then dies. Its inflorescence can reach 6 meters or more in length.
- Family
- Arecaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Caryota obtusa
- Slug
- caryota-obtusa
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Caryota
- Species
- obtusa
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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