Corypha lecomtei

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

Description

This palm species has a trunk 3.5–4 m (11–13 ft) high and up to a full 1 m (3 ft 3 in) thick, and the palmate leaves are even larger, with petioles up to 8.8 m (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, or lamela, is 3.5–4 m (11–13 ft) in length. [3] The crown spread at up to 27 m (89 ft) is second only to Lodoicea among monocots. The inflorescence, a panicle, is very large, up to 12 m (39 ft) height, of which the peduncle is 1.5–2 m (4 ft 11 in – 6 ft 7 in) with the remainder being the panicle per se. The width is about 6 m (20 ft). [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 7–8 cm (2.8–3.1 in) long and almost as wide. [5]

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. ↑ Beccari, Odouardo; Martelli, Mugolino (1931). "Asiatic Palms - Corypheae". Annals of the Royal Botanical Gardens -Calcutta. 13 (1): 19.
  3. 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
  4. ↑ Hodel, Donald (1998). Palms and Cycads of Thailand. Lawrence, Kansas: Allen Press. p. 74.
  5. ↑ Edric (n.d.). "Corypha lecomtei" . Retrieved July 1, 2014.


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