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Corypha umbraculifera (Talipot palm)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Arecales > Family: Arecaceae > Genus: Corypha

Corypha umbraculifera (Talipot palm)  

Corypha umbraculifera (Talipot palm), Pamplemousse Botanical Gardens, Mauritius. [photo H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

 

Native to southern India and Sri Lanka. Cultivated in southern Africa.

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