| Fishtail Palm |
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| File size | 772102 |
| Original date | 9/3/05 12:46 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash fired |
| Focal length | 5.4mm |
| Exposure time | 1/193s |
| Aperture | 4.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E3700 |
| Sensor type |
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Botanical name: Caryota urens Family: Arecaceae (Palm family)
Fishtail palm is a fast growing feather palm that makes a beautiful addition
to the landscape. It has a gray trunk (grows to about 30') that is covered by
regularly spaced leaf scar rings. Toddy palm has a leaf shape that resembles
the lower fin of a fish. When these palms grow to reach 20', they start
producing flowers at the top of the trunk with subsequent flowers produced
lower and lower on the trunk. When the lowest flower blooms, the tree dies.
Flowers are long plait like bunches hanging down.
Toddy palm is an Asian species that grows from India to Burma and on the
island country of Sri Lanka.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,