Corypha umbraculifera L.

Synonymy: Unknown Distribution: South India, Sri Lanka
Common names: Talipot palm Conservation status: Known only in cultivation; unknown in the wild

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Juvenile

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Seedling

Top two photos courtesy and copyright © 1988, Holly Glenn; taken in 1988 at Tropical Research & Education Center, Homestead, FL. Note the Corypha inflorescences towering over two adult Sabal causiarum in top photo. Bottom two photos copyright © 1998, Jody Haynes.

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