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Corypha umbraculifera
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{{PalmSpeciesHeader}} __NOTOC__ <div class="row"> <div class="small-0 large-5 columns"> [[File:Corypha_umbraculifera.jpg|frame|Figure 1. ''C. umbraculifera'' in Singapore Botanic Gardens.]] </div> <div class="small-0 large-7 columns"> ===Common Names:=== Talipot Palm<br/> ===Distribution & Habitat:=== Forest in India and Sri Lanka. ===Description:=== One of the largest palms in the world, up to 25m tall, with costapalmate leaves up to 5m across, and petioles to 4m. ===General:=== Lives up to eighty years, but only flowers just before it dies. Has an inflorescence up to 6m tall, and containing several million flowers. ===Culture:=== Sunny, moist, but well drained position. Drought tolerant. Needs considerable space. Very slow growing. </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="small-0 large-6 columns"> [[File:Corypha_umbraculifera02.jpg|frame|Figure 2. ''C. umbraculifera'']] </div> </div> ===Contributed by: === Mike Gray (Figure 1)<br/> Kyle Wicomb (Figure 2)<br/> ===External Links:=== [https://powo.science.kew.org/results?q=Corypha%20umbraculifera Kew], [https://www.palmweb.org//?q=cdm_dataportal/taxon/14df884f-5555-4e08-b61f-bb19873650c1 PalmWeb], [https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/full/38494/0 IUCN], [https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=Corypha+umbraculifera JSTOR], [https://www.trebrown.com/plant_info.php?species=Corypha+umbraculifera Trebrown] </p> [https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Corypha+umbraculifera%22&num=10&sa=Google+Search Google], [https://images.google.com/images?q=%22Corypha+umbraculifera%22&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search GoogleImages], [https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Corypha+umbraculifera Flickr], [https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Corypha+umbraculifera%22%20site:https://www.palmtalk.org/&sa=Google+Search PalmTalk] <p> [[Category:Corypha|umbraculifera]] [[Category:Palm|Corypha_umbraculifera]]
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