Corypha umbraculifera L.

 
  • Family : ARECACEAE
    (Palm Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : NARIYAL FAMILY (नारियल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Arecaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Bessia sanguinolenta Raf.; Corypha guineensis L.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Corypha umbraculifera L.
  • Common name : Talipot Palm
  • Vernacular name :
    • Sritaale (Kannada)
    • Tali (Marathi)
    • Kodappana, Sitalam, Talippana (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Palm (Columnar)
  • Comments / notes : Leaves are used in making Umbrellas in parts of India and in thatching. Stem yields Sago, a staple food of Tribals. Flowering monocarpic
  • Flower, Fruit : November-June
  • Collection Nos : KFP 14240
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Udupi district, Dakshina Kannada district, Uttara Kannada district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Pune district, Sindhudurg district
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : North and Middle Andaman,South Andaman,Port Mout,Tarmugli island
  • Native : India, Sri Lanka
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
  • Conservation Status : Data Deficient (DD)
  • Literature :
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state – Monocotyledons
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 268
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Corypha umbraculifera. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

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