Jalandhar Train Station Jaggery

Location:

• State: Punjab
• Locality: Jalandhar: At the train station

Botany:

• Common name: Fishtail Palm or Jaggery Palm: This Indian tree is used for its sweet “”jaggery” sap, and has distinctly twice-compound leaves. Its masses of flowers hang in shaggy yellow clusters.
• Botanical species: Caryota urens
• Botanical family : Arecaceae [Palm]
• This species is profiled in Krishen’s Trees of Delhi: A Field Guide

Geography:

• Latitude: 31.330852 ° north of the Equator
• Longitude: 75.59042 ° east of the Prime Meridian
• Altitude: 240.5 metres above sea level

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Journey:

• Venturing Northwest
• Path : Through Chandigarh up to Shimla, Dharamsala, and down into the Punjab and Haryana
• Date photographed: 8.10.09

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