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Caryota mitis
Burmese Fishtail-palm
As recorded: Caryota mitis Lour.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Arecales › Arecaceae
- Collected by
- Lau, S.K.
- Collector number
- 3239
- Date
- January 29, 1934
- Locality
- Ue Lung Shan, Chang-kiang
- Island
- Hainan
- Region
- China
- Identified by
- Hahn, W.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On January 29, 1934, Lau, S.K. also collected 6 other specimens.
Caryota mitis observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1934. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 839 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-26.

2026-10-26
Country Lake Park, Hialeah, FL, US
(c) James K. Wetterer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-26
Country Lake Park, Hialeah, FL, US
(c) James K. Wetterer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-20
國立屏東科技大學, 內埔鄉, 屏東縣, TW
(c) Howie Chiu, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-17
Katong, Singapore
(c) ssw1988, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-12
Boca Del Mar, FL 33433, USA
(c) littleherc, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-09
W Hillsboro Blvd, Deerfield Beach, FL, US
(c) shrushtipatel10, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Caryota mitis. BISH 102469. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956385262. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/102469.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956385262 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
