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talipot palm
plant
Also known as: Corypha umbraculifera
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description
- In tree: Trees of special interest
The talipot palm (Corypha umbraculifera) of tropical Sri Lanka and India may live as long as 75 years before it flowers and fruits just one time and then dies. The huge panicle (many-branched cluster) of creamy white blooms rises up to 5 metres (16 feet) from…
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economic importance
- In palm: Economic importance
…talipot palms (Corypha elata and C. umbraculifera). Wine is made from species of the raffia palm in Africa and from the gru gru palm (Acrocomia) and the coquito palm (Jubaea) in America. The sago palm and, to a lesser extent, the sugar palm and the gebang palm are sources of…
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largest flower and inflorescences
- In titan arum
…inflorescence is that of the talipot palm (Corypha umbraculifera), native to India and Sri Lanka.
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