Caryota urens | Toddy Solitary Fishtail Wine Jaggery Palm | 5_Seeds Abbotts sphinx

Caryota urens | Toddy Solitary Fishtail Wine Jaggery Palm | 5_Seeds Abbotts sphinxThis is Caryota urens, also known as solitary fishtail palm, toddy palm, wine palm, and jaggery palm. Many people grow this as an ornamental, but it is very versatile and had several other uses. Sugar, candy, and alcohol are made from the sap of this plant. The juice from the flowers is used as a substitute for sugar as well. The stems can be used to obtain starch which is made into sago. Young leaves and leaf buds can be cooked and served as

This subspecies holds onto its leaves longer than our common dogwood

which is usually found in animals

Every Caryota mitis seed is a spark of jungle architecture: the dramatic fishtail foliage

USDA Hardiness Zones 6 to 10

but they grow up above 1500 meters so they have the potential to be somewhat hardy

each with multiple stamens that open singly or in small clusters at the leaf axils

and rose flowers

some are over a foot across

The flower never fully opens

The Corupa cultivar is larger and more impressive than the other varieties of loefgrenii

and Sunset Hibiscus

and Squirrel Corn