Fish tail palm (Caryota) seen in Udawatta Kele Sanctuary, Kandy, Sri Lanka.

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Fish-tail palm seen in Udawatta Kele Sanctuary, Kandy, Sri Lanka. Udawatta is an area with rainforest next to the city. Udawatta Kele Sanctuary, often spelled as Udawattakele, is a historic forest reserve on a hill-ridge in the city of Kandy. During the days of the Kandyan kingdom, Udawatta Kele was known as "Uda Wasala Watta" in Sinhalese meaning, "the garden situated above the royal palace". The sanctuary is famous for its extensive avifauna. The reserve also contains a great variety of plant species, especially lianas, shrubs and small trees. There are several giant lianas.

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Size: 2848px × 4288px
Location: Kandy - Sri Lanka
Photo credit: © Allan Bergmann Jensen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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Keywords: caryota, fish, jungle, kandy, kele, lanka, palm, rainforest, sanctuary, sri, tail, udawatta, udawattakele