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Species of palm From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Corypha lecomtei (common name Cay la buong) is a species of plant in the family Arecaceae. It is native to Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. It is threatened by habitat loss.[citation needed] Although known locally for centuries, it was formally described in 1916 by the botanist Odoardo Beccari.
Corypha lecomtei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Arecales |
Family: | Arecaceae |
Genus: | Corypha |
Species: | C. lecomtei |
Binomial name | |
Corypha lecomtei | |
Corypha lecomtei is one of the species used to make palm-leaf manuscripts.[1]
This palm species has a trunk 3.5–4 metres (11–13 ft) high and up to a full meter (40 inches) thick, and the palmate leaves are even larger, with petioles up to 8.8 metres (29 ft) long[2](exceeded only by Musa ingens and Lodoicea) and canaliculated (round in cross-section with a deep groove on the upper surface). The leaf blade is 3.5–4 metres (11–13 ft) in length.[3] The inflorescence, a panicle, is very large, up to 40 feet (12 meters) in height, of which the peduncle is 5 to 6.5 feet (1.5 to 2.0 meters) with the remainder being the panicle per se. The width is about 20 feet (6.1 meters).[4] The plant flowers and fruits only once (monocarpy), at between 15 and 30 years of age, and then dies.[3] The fruit is brownish and 7 to 8 centimetres (2.8 to 3.1 in) long and almost as wide.[5]
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