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Caryota rumphiana

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Family: Arecaceae · Genus: Caryota

Caryota rumphiana

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Caryota rumphiana, whose common names include the fishtail or Albert palm, is a Caryota or fish tail palm. It is native to Philippines, Sulawesi, Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Bismarck Archipelago. Its leaves have a distinctive fishtail shape and its flowers have been described as mop-like. It is monocarpic. These leaves are bipinnate with as many as 1,800 fan-shaped or wedge-shaped leaflets, each up to 15 inches long by six inches wide.

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