Corypha umbraculifera

Mehmud, Selim & Roy, Himu, 2021, Diversity and distribution of palms (Arecaceae) in Assam, India, Check List 17 (1), pp. 69-93 : 82

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https://doi.org/ 10.15560/17.1.69

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scientific name

Corypha umbraculifera
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Corypha umbraculifera View in CoL L.

Diagnostic characters. Solitary erect, 15–18 m tall woody palm tree, hapaxanthic, 60–70 cm in diameter; trunk black, irregular in size. Leaf costapalmate, 5–5.5 m long; petiole 3–3.5 m long, margins with 2 cm long sharp black spines; leaflets 2.4–3 m long, apices bifid, ca 10 cm long. Inflorescence terminal, ca 2 m long, spread- ing in all directions. Fruits round, black to violet, ca 1.8 cm in diameter, solitary or in pairs.

Flowering and fruiting. March to August.

Distribution. Kamrup Metro.

Uses. Ornamental.

Material examined. INDIA • Calcutta ; 23 Jul. 1898; M. Device leg.; CAL 495172 View Materials . • Assam, Kamrup Metro, Near Dighali Pukhuri ; 26°11′18.6″N, 091°45′17.8″E; alt. 14 m; 30 Mar. 2018; S. Mehmud leg. GoogleMaps ; CH, ASSAM 96236 View Materials .

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Botanische Staatssammlung München

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Department of Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Arecales

Family

Arecaceae

Genus

Corypha

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