Corypha lecomtei

Corypha lecomtei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Corypha
Species: C. lecomtei
Binomial name
Corypha lecomtei

Corypha lecomtei is a species of palm in the Arecaceae family. It is only growing in Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Corypha lecomtei is one of the species used to make palm-leaf manuscripts.[1]

Description

This palm species has a trunk 3.5–4 metres (11–13 ft) high, and the leaves are even larger, with petioles up to 8 metres (26 ft) long and the leaf blade of 3.5–4 metres (11–13 ft) in length.[2] The plant flowers and fruits only once, at between 15 and 30 years of age, and then dies.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Elkington, B.G.; Sydara, K.; Hartmann, J.F.; Southavong, B.; Soejarto, D.D. (2013). "Folk Epidemiology Recorded in Palm Leaf Manuscripts of Laos". Journal of Lao Studies. 3 (1): 1–14. PMC 3703660. PMID 23847746.
  2. 1 2 Henri Lecomte (1917), "Observations sur les feuilles d'un Corypha de l'Indo-Chine", Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France, 63 (1–4): 79–84, doi:10.1080/00378941.1916.10835959
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