Corypha umbraculifera - wikipedia Corypha umbraculifera Talipot palm Talipot palm flowering at Kerala, India Conservation status Data Deficient ( IUCN 2.3 ) Scientific classification Kingdom : Plantae ( unranked ) : Angiosperms ( unranked ) : Monocots ( unranked ) : Commelinids Order : Arecales Family : Arecaceae Genus : Corypha Species : C. umbraculifera Binomial name Corypha umbraculifera L. Synonyms Bessia sanguinolenta Raf. Corypha guineensis L. Corypha umbraculifera, the talipot palm, is a species of palm native to eastern and southern India and Sri Lanka. It is also grown in Cambodia, Myanmar, China, Thailand and the Andaman Islands. It is a flowering plant with the largest inflorescence in the world. It lives up to 60 years before bearing fruits and flowers. It dies shortly after. Contents 1 Description 2 Distribution 3 Uses 4 Gallery 5 See also 6 References 7 External links Description It is one of the largest palms with individual specimens having reached heights of up to 25 m ( 82 ft ) with stems up to 1.3 m ( 4.3 ft ) in diameter. It is a fan palm ( Arecaceae tribe Corypheae ), with large, palmate leaves up to 5 m ( 16 ft ) in diameter, with a petiole up to 4 m ( 13 ft ), and up to 130 leaflets. The talipot palm bears the largest inflorescence of any plant, 6 -- 8 m ( 20 -- 26 ft ) long, consisting of one to several million small flowers borne on a branched stalk that forms at the top of the trunk ( the titan arum, Amorphophallus titanum, from the family Araceae, has the largest unbranched inflorescence, and the species Rafflesia arnoldii has the world 's largest single flower ). The talipot palm is monocarpic, flowering only once, when it is 30 to 80 years old. It takes about a year for the fruit to mature, producing thousands of round, yellow - green fruit 3 -- 4 cm ( 1 -- 1.5 in ) in diameter, each containing a single seed. The plant dies after fruiting. Distribution The talipot palm is cultivated in South India and Sri Lanka. It is also cultivated in Southeast Asian countries of Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand and the Andaman Islands. It is also grown sparsely in China. Uses Historically, the leaves were written upon in various Southeast Asian cultures using an iron stylus to create palm leaf manuscripts. In the Philippines, it is locally known as buri or buli. The leaves are also used for thatching, and the sap is tapped to make palm wine. In South India, the palm leaves are used to make umbrellas for agricultural workers. The tree is known as kudapana ( കുടപ്പന ) in Malayalam, talo ( / tɑːloʊ /, ତାଳ ) in Odia, and kudaipanai ( குடைப்பனை ) in Tamil, which means umbrella palm. The plant is known as tala ( තලා ) in Sri Lanka, by local Sinhalese people. Gallery At Foster Botanical Garden, Honolulu, Hawaii At Lyon Arboretum, Hawaii, U.S. At Jardin Botanique de Deshaies, Guadeloupe Corypha umbraculifera painting ( 1913 ) Corypha umbraculifera plant in the garden, SIMS, Anandashram, Kerala, India See also Ola leaf References Jump up ^ The Plant List Corypha umbraculifera Jump up ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Corypha umbraculifera Jump up ^ Dominica Botanic Gardens Jump up ^ Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1938. Sylva Telluriana. Mantis Synopt. New genera and species of trees and shrubs of North America p 13, Bessia sanguinolenta Jump up ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2 : 1187, Corypha umbraculifera Jump up ^ Talipot palm in full bloom, FAO reports : tropical palms, palm products, palms with development potential Johnson ( 1998 ). `` Corypha umbraculifera ''. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2006. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 12 May 2006. PACSOA : Corypha umbraculifera External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Corypha umbraculifera. `` Talipot Palm ''. New International Encyclopedia. 1905. Writing Semi-permanent Writing material Plant based Palm - leaf manuscript ( Borassus spp. ) Ola leaf ( manuscript ) ( C. umbraculifera ) Birch bark manuscript Papyrus Paper Wax tablet ( wood ) Amate Trema micrantha Ficus aurea Parabaik ( S. asper ) Bamboo and wooden slips Other Clay tablet Metals Stamping ( metalworking ) Intaglio ( printmaking ) Stone inscription animal skin Samut khoi kraing ( paper usu. Mulberry bark, metals, other ) Oracle bone silk E-ink Textile printing Geoglyph Ink Photographic film Inherently impermanent material Electronic visual display Skywriting Sand writing Blood writing Types manuscript inscription book sign electronic storage codex bas - relief high - relief Misc Writing systems Taxon identifiers Wd : Q856001 ARKive : corypha - umbraculifera EoL : 1092230 EPPO : CPYUM GBIF : 5293281 GRIN : 11676 IPNI : 666347 - 1 IUCN : 38494 NCBI : 115461 Plant List : kew - 48259 POWO : urn : lsid : ipni.org : names : 666347 - 1 Tropicos : 2402157 WCSP : 48259 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Corypha_umbraculifera&oldid=839529385 '' Categories : IUCN Red List data deficient species Corypha Data deficient plants Flora of the Indian subcontinent Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Hidden categories : Articles with ' species ' microformats Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the New International Encyclopedia Talk Contents About Wikipedia Wikispecies Cebuano Deutsch Español Français Italiano Kapampangan Lietuvių Magyar മലയാളം मराठी Nederlands 日本 語 Polski Русский සිංහල Simple English Svenska தமிழ் Українська Tiếng Việt Winaray 中文 14 more Edit links This page was last edited on 4 May 2018, at 01 : 34. 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Question: which is the plant native to india with the largest inflorescence in the world
Answer: Corypha umbraculifera, the talipot palm