| Talipot palm | |
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| Talipot palm flowering at Kerala, India | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Genus: | Corypha |
| Species: | C. umbraculifera
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| Binomial name | |
| Corypha umbraculifera | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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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.[3] It is one of the five accepted species in the genus Corypha.[4] 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.
- ^ Johnson, D. (1998). "Corypha umbraculifera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T38494A10118423. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T38494A10118423.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "The Plant List Corypha umbraculifera".
- ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". wcsp.science.kew.org.[dead link]
- ^ "Corypha L. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-11-12.