What is "corypha"

Corypha (Gebang Palm, Buri Palm and Talipot Palm) is a genus of palms (family Arecaceae), native to India, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, New Guinea, northeastern Australia ( Cape York Peninsula, Queensland). They are fan palms (Arecaceae tribe Corypheae), with the leaves with a long petiole terminating in a rounded fan of numerous leaflets.

They are all large palms, with large fan-shaped leaves with stout petioles ranging from 2-5 metres in length. They reach heights of 20-40 m and with a trunk diameter of up to 1-2.5 m. All the species are monocarpic and die after flowering. The genus is relatively slow growing and can take many years to form a trunk.

Species include:

1. Corypha lecomtei Becc. ex Lecomte - Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia
2. Corypha microclada Becc. - Philippines
3. Corypha taliera Roxb. - West Bengal, Bangladesh, Myanmar
4. Corypha umbraculifera L. - Talipot Palm - Sri Lanka, southern India; naturalized in Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Andaman Islands
5. Corypha utan Lam. (syn. C. elata, C. gebang) - Gebang Palm or Buri Palm or Cabbage Palm - Assam, Andaman Islands, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, Queensland, Northern Territory of Australia