Caryota monostachya
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Description
A palm tree. The stems are in small clusters. They grow 3 m tall. They are 2-4 cm across. The leaves are almost all along the stem. The leaf stalks are 80-150 cm long with leafy shoots 1-2.5 m long. These have 4-9 leaflets on each side. There are also secondary leaflets. The fruit are round and brownish purple. They are 3.5 cm across.
Edible Uses
The fruits are eaten raw or boiled.
Traditional Uses
The fruit are eaten raw and also boiled and eaten.
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Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows in lowland rain forests often on limestone soils below 1,400 m above sea level. It grows in Yunnan in China.
Where It Grows
Asia, China,
References (1)
- Ghorbani, A., et al, 2012, A comparison of the wild food plant use knowledge of ethnic minorities in Naban River Watershed Nature Reserve, Yunnan, SW China. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine; 8:17
