Skip to content

Corypha umbraculifera

Plants

Family: Arecaceae · Genus: Corypha

Corypha umbraculifera

Roger Culos · cc_by_sa

About

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, Thailand, Mauritius and the Andaman Islands. It is one of the five accepted species in the genus Corypha. It is a flowering plant with the largest inflorescence in the world. It lives up to 60 years before bearing flowers and fruits. It dies shortly after.

Summary from Wikipedia

View full profile

Growing details and traits for Corypha umbraculifera in the Library.

No cultivars in the Library yet — the full profile above covers the species itself.