Herbarium JCB

Caryota urens L.

Family : ARECACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Arecaceae
Species : Caryota urens
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Caryota urens L.
Common name : Fish-Tail Palm, Solitary Toddy Palm
Vernacular name : Baine-mara (Kan.)
Collection Nos : CJS 12526, CJS 14428, RR RAO 1544
Collector(s) Name : C.J.Saldanha; R.Raghavendra Rao
Key identification features : A monoecious palm with pinnately compound leaves. Inflorescence arises between leaves and is pendulous. Flowers are inconspicuous and the male flowers bear many stamens. Fruit is a drupe.
Habit : Palm
Native : Sri Lanka, India
Comments : The only genus among palms to have bipinnately compound leaves; wood is used for making agricultural implements. Leaves yield a strong fibre known as 'Kittul Fibre', inner Stem yields starchy substrate used as food. Also, used as staple food for Temple Elephants. Cut spadix inflorescence yields toddy, which on boiling Jaggery is obtained
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Collection Locality : Sakleshpur-Hettur road (Hassan); Paschivahini (Mysore)
Distribution Locality : Cultivated
Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara

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SEBASTIAN VAS 2019-07-10 10:49:55
If the Starchy substance from inner part is washed n dried white flour we get. That is used as medicine to cure constipation n heat infection for the stomach.
Sharayu Kore 2015-04-06 10:10:26
very good