Sowing months
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Tidal creeks
Mature size
3–6 m
First harvest
Sap year five
Family
Arecaceae
Where it grows
ground
Good for
biodiversity, food
Sow in
monsoon
Care
Strictly a tidal-creek species.
A creeping tidal palm of eastern deltas, roofing houses and sweetening sap.
Growing it
Strictly a tidal-creek species.
What it is for
Golpata thatch and palm sugar; delta protection.