Editing Caryota mitis

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[[File:Caryota_mitis.jpg|frame|Figure 1. ''C. mitis'']]
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===Common Names:===
Clustering Fishtail Palm

===Climate Zones:===
Warm temperate to tropical areas. Can tolerate light frosts.

===Habitat:===
Tropical rainforests from India through to south-east Asia.

===Description:===
This is a clustering palm, which can form a clump up to 8 metres (24 feet)
high and 4 metres (12 feet) across at the top. The trunks are about 150 mm
(6ins) across, are light green/grayish colour with quite widely spaced leaf
nodes. Each trunk produces flowers for several seasons, starting from the
top of the trunk and moving downwards, but then dies after its final seeding.
The leaves are light green, bipinnate, and triangular, closely resembling a
fishes tail in shape.
The leaves don't absciss when spent, but they are easily
removed due to the palms size. The flowers are pale cream, while the fruit are
reddish-orange, 10 - 20mm (3/8 - 3/4in) long.
Note: The fruit contain crystal oxalate which is an irritant to eyes and skin.

===Culture:===
This attractive palm prefers a shaded, well drained position.
It doesn't like full sun and being tropical, it also doesn't like to get
too dry. It is a very usefull and attractive plant for the gardener,
its leaf colour and shape making it quite distinctive. Propagation is
by seed which usually takes 3 - 4 months to germinate.
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[[File:Caryota_mitis02.jpg|frame|Figure 2. Attractive clump of ''C. mitis''.]]
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[[File:Caryota_mitis03.jpg|frame|Figure 3. ''C. mitis'' leaf detail.]]
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[[File:Caryota_mitis04.jpg|frame|Figure 4. ''C. mitis'' inflorescence.]]
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[[File:Caryota_mitis05.jpg|frame|Figure 5. ''C. mitis'' inflorescence opening.]]
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===Contributed by: ===
Michael Gray (Figure 1&2)<br/>
Ian Edwards (Figure 3,4&5)


===External Links:===
[https://powo.science.kew.org/results?q=Caryota%20mitis Kew], 
[https://www.palmweb.org//?q=cdm_dataportal/taxon/523cceac-1b07-405c-8822-6138377b62a0 PalmWeb],
[https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=Caryota+mitis JSTOR],
[https://www.trebrown.com/plant_info.php?species=Caryota+mitis Trebrown]
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[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Caryota+mitis%22&amp;num=10&amp;sa=Google+Search Google],
[https://images.google.com/images?q=%22Caryota+mitis%22&amp;hl=en&amp;btnG=Google+Search GoogleImages],
[https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Caryota+mitis Flickr],
[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Caryota+mitis%22%20site:https://www.palmtalk.org/&amp;sa=Google+Search PalmTalk]
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