Genus: Caryota (fish-tail palms)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Arecales > Family: Arecaceae

Five species cultivated, the most well-known species being Caryota urens (Common fishtail palm).

Species cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Caryota cummingii (Ring-step fish-tail palm) Native to the Philippines.
Caryota mitis (Clustered fish-tail palm) Native to south-east Asia.
Caryota no (Giant fish-tail palm) Native to Borneo.
Caryota obtusa (Fish-tail palm) Native to the eastern Himalayas.
Caryota urens (Common fish-tail palm) Native to India and Sri Lanka.