Location:

• State: Meghalaya
• Locality: Cherrapunjee: Near the cave entrance below the cement factory

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: 25.25915 ° north of the Equator
• Longitude: 91.71267 ° east of the Prime Meridian
• Altitude: 1281.9 metres above sea level

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Journey:

• Into The Northeast
• Path : Along the Brahmaputra into Assam, then up into the Meghalaya Hills
• Date photographed: 7.03.10

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