Caryota mitis (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Caryota mitis Lour.

Synonyms

Caryota griffithii Becc.

Vernacular names

• Common fishtail palm (En)
• Indonesia: genduru (Javanese), risi (Palembang), sarai (Sundanese)
• Malaysia: dudok, merdin, rabuk (Peninsular)
• Philippines: pugahang-suui (Filipino), barukan, bato (Tagbanua). Burma (Myanmar): minbaw
• Cambodia: 'ânnsaè tô:ch
• Laos: ta:w h'a:ngz
• Thailand: khuangmu (northern), taorang-daeng (southern)
• Vietnam: dùng dình.

Distribution

Burma (Myanmar), Thailand, Indo-China, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, the Philippines and northern Sulawesi; probably also in southern Borneo.