Plant Id : 334
Plant Name : Fish Tail Palm
Scientific Name : Caryota mitis
Family Name : Arecaceae
Location : Library Lawn
Properties : The very young, unfolded leaves are eaten as a vegetable. A slightly bitter flavour. Cooked and eaten with rice. Although harvesting the apical bud will kill the individual stem (since it is unable to produce side shoots), this species forms a number of stems from the base and so can survive this treatment. A starch obtained from the trunk is used as sago. Because the outside stem is very tough, the plant tends to get utilized for its starch mainly in times of food shortage. Seed - edible after removing the poisonous fruit wall.
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