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Corypha umbraculifera
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Family:
ARECACEAE/PALMAE
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Citation: Corypha umbraculifera L., Sp. Pl. (ed. 2) 1657. 1763; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 428. 1892; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1561(1089). 1931; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 428. 1984; Basu, Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 11: 480. 1987; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 413. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 529. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 493. 1994; Renuka, Palms Kerala 37. 1999; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 899. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kodappana, Sitalam, Talippana
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Talipot Palm
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Description:
Monocarpic palms; stem solitary, dark grey with distinct leaf scars. Leaves costapalmate, orbicular, 3-8 m in diameter, cleft to the middle into 80-100, bifid lobes, leaf base split into two halves; petiole about 3 m long, massive, margins with well defined teeth. Inflorescence terminal, about 6 m long; primary flower branches arise horizontally from the main axis; ultimate flower branches (rachillae) 12-40 cm long, white, smooth. Flowers bisexual, arranged in clusters of 3-6 flowers. Fruit globose, 3 cm in diameter. Seeds smooth and very hard.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-June
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District(s):
Kottayam, Kollam, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Malappuram, Kozhikkode, Wayanad, Thrissur, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Kannur
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Cultivated
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Distribution:
Widely cultivated in Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Creamy
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
Data Deficient (DD)
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