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Corypha umbraculifera (Talipot palm)

Synonyms: Bessia sanguinolenta; Corypha guineensis

Wikipedia Abstract

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, China, Thailand and the Andaman Islands. It is a flowering plant with the largest inflorescence in the world.
View Wikipedia Record: Corypha umbraculifera

Attributes

Fruit Conspicuous [1]  No
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Structure [2]  Tree
Height [1]  82 feet (25 m)

Consumers

Shelter for 
Cynopterus sphinx (greater short-nosed fruit bat)[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Kissling, W. Daniel et al. (2019), Data from: PalmTraits 1.0, a species-level functional trait database for palms worldwide, v4, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.ts45225
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Cynopterus sphinx, Jay F. Storz and Thomas H. Kunz, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 613, pp. 1-8 (1999)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0