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Corypha umbraculifera, the talipot palm, is a species of palm native to eastern and southern India and Sri Lanka. It is also grown in Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Mauritius and the Andaman Islands. [3] It is one of the five accepted species in the genus Corypha. [4] It is a flowering plant with the largest inflorescence in the world. It lives ...
Corypha or the gebang palm, buri palm or talipot palm is a genus of palms (family Arecaceae), native to India, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, New Guinea and northeastern Australia (Cape York Peninsula, Queensland).
Rafflesia arnoldii, the world largest flower in Bengkulu - Indonesia. With a flower growing up to 1.5 m (5 ft) in diameter, 3–4 m (10–13 ft) in perimeter and 10–12 kg (22–26 lb) in weight, Rafflesia arnoldii is the world's current largest individual flower. They grow in the forests of Sumatra and Borneo islands of Indonesia.
Growing along watercourses, floodplains and grasslands, the Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia write about the Corypha utan palms occurring in Cape York: Corypha utan .. is undoubtedly one of the most imposing species in the Australian palm flora (with its massive pachycaul trunks and hapaxanthic flowering and fruiting extravaganza. [5]
The Coryphoideae is one of five subfamilies in the palm family, Arecaceae. [2] [3] [4] It contains all of the genera with palmate leaves, excepting Mauritia, Mauritiella and Lepidocaryum, all of subfamily Calamoideae, tribe Lepidocaryeae, subtribe Mauritiinae.
However the Talipot palm (Corypha umbraculifera) is a special one. It can reach heights of around 25 m and palmate leaves have a diameter of around 5 m. It bears flowers once in it’s lifetime between 30-80 years and then dies.
Corypha taliera is a species of palm, originally native to Myanmar and the Bengal region of India and Bangladesh. [2] It was first discovered by Scottish botanist William Roxburgh. It has been listed extinct in the wild in the IUCN Red List. [1] The species is locally known as Tali Palm or Talipalm.
Corypheae is a tribe of palm trees [1] [2] in the subfamily Coryphoideae. [3] In previous classifications, tribe Corypheae included four subtribes: Coryphinae, Livistoninae, Thrinacinae and Sabalinae, [4] but recent phylogenetic studies have led to the genera within these subtribes being transferred into other tribes (Chuniophoeniceae, Trachycarpeae, Cryosophileae and Sabaleae).