| Latin name | Caryota urens L. | | Family | Arecaceae | | Identified with (Skt) | śrītāla | | Identified with (Hin) | mārī, mārī kā jhaṭ | | Identified with (Tam) | kūntalpaṉai, kūntārpaṉai | | Identified with (Mal) | cūṇṭappana, ānappana, īṛampana | | Identified with (Eng) | Elephant's palm, Fish-tail palm | | Botanical info | A lofty palm growing throughout India, cylindrical annulate trunk, large leaves in crown, leaves 5 - 6 m long, flowers on pendulous spadix, inflorescence 3 - 4 m long resembling a huge docked horse tail, flowers in groups of three, globose reddish fruits | | Search occurrence | śrītāla, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts | | See plant's image | Caryota urens L. in Google image search | Encyclopedias &
Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1099)
śrītāla, m. a kind of tree resembling the wine-palm, L.
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