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Fishtale Palm PRODUCT NAME

Caryota mitis Lour. SCIENTIFIC NAME

Common Name: Fishtale palm
Local Name: English: Fishtale palm, Burmese fishtale palm; Ten tieng Viet: Dung dinh
Family: Arecaceae (Palmae)
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Product Description: Palm solitary or in clumps, 5-7 m high. Leaves bi-pinnate, 4-5 m long; pinnulas triangular, looking like a fish tale. Flowers externally purple, internally yellow. Fruits green and pyramidal when young, orange to red and round when ripe.
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