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Corypha umbraculifera L.
Synonym
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Corypha umbraculifera
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Family
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Arecaceae
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Local name
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English -Talipot Palm
Malayalam -Kodappana
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Flowering
and fruiting period
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November-June
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Distribution
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Widely cultivated in Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
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Distribution
in Kerala
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Kottayam, Kollam, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Malappuram,
Kozhikode, Wayanad, Thrissur, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Kannur
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Habitat
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Cultivated
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IUCN Status
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Data
deficient
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Uses
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The sap of the inflorescence can be used for making sugar. An edible starch can be obtained from the trunk. It is made
into a flour and used for making bread
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Key botanical characters :
Monocarpic palms;
stem solitary, dark grey with distinct leaf scars. Leaves costa palmate,
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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