Fishtale Palm PRODUCT NAME
Caryota urens SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | fishtale palm, solitary fishtail palm, toddy palm, wine palm or jaggery palm |
| Local Name: | India: Dhugoodi (Kurumba), Kundhapanai (Irula), Koonthapanai Thippilipanai (Tamil), Solopo (Urdu), Mari, Kondajiralaggu (Telugu), Inampanai, Chundapana, Kalapana (Malayalam), Baini (Kannada) |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
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| Product Description: | A large palm. Flower: In long spadices first form the upper leaf sheaths and successively from lower ones, peduncle short. Leaves: characteristic 'fish tailed" leaves Leaves compound 2 pinnate, sib-opposite leaflets curved drooping, base broadly cuneate, oblique, margin serrate |
| NTFP Classification: | Food and food ingredients (plant-derived), Feed, fodder and fuelwood |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | India |
| Description: | Hills above 1200 m in evergreen forests. Good regeneration, Peninsular India. |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | fruits trunk |
| Uses: | In India, the pith of young trees makes good sago. Once a staple diet of many hunter gatherer communities. Inner wood shavings taken from dried trees and used to start fires for temples - fire is started by rubbing mica stones, for ritual fires of fire walking ceremonies. Outer wood is used for construction. |
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| Partners: | Keystone |
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| External Links: | http://www.scidev.net/en/science-communication/features/sweet-science-sri-lankas-rural-treacle-industry.html |
