Caryota mitis Lour., commonly called clustered fishtail palm, is a small, clumping palm cultivated in tropical regions around the world. The smooth, grey-brown, slender trunks can reach 15cm in diameter and have distinctive rings. The large, bipinnately compound leaves are upright to spreading with arching tips. The wedge-shaped pinnules (leaflets) have jagged or irregularly toothed ends. The petioles (leaf stalks) and leaf sheathes are covered in shaggy fibers.
Best grown in evenly moist, rich, well-draining soils in part shade. Tolerant of a wide range of sun conditions, including full sun to dappled shade.
Genus name comes from the Greek word karyon meaning "a nut". The specific epithet mitis means "unarmed", in reference to the leaves of this species which lack spines.
Caryota mitis
Caryota mitis comes in following sizes:
L - is ca. 120 cm tall and comes in a ⌀ 24 cm pot.
XL - is ca. 130 cm tall and comes in a ⌀ 27cm pot.
