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{{Short description|Genus of palms}}
{{About|the plant genus|the bird genus|Corypha (bird)}}
{{Redirect|Buri palm|the Brazilian palm|Polyandrococos}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Corypha umbraculifera 1913.jpg
|image_caption = ''Corypha umbraculifera'' painting (1913)
|display_parents = 2
|taxon = Corypha
|authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]
|synonyms =
* ''Bessia'' <small>Raf.</small>
* ''Codda-Pana'' <small>Adans. nom. illeg.</small>
* ''Dendrema'' <small>Raf.</small>
* ''Gembanga'' <small>Blume</small>
* ''Taliera'' <small>Mart.</small>
|synonyms_ref = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=48218 |title=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |accessdate=16 May 2014}}</ref>
}}

'''''Corypha''''' or the '''gebang palm''', '''buri palm''' or '''talipot palm'''  is a genus of [[Arecaceae|palms]] (family Arecaceae), native to [[India]], [[Malaysia]], [[Indonesia]], the [[Philippines]], [[New Guinea]] and northeastern [[Australia]] ([[Cape York Peninsula]], [[Queensland]]). They are [[List of Arecaceae genera#Tribe Corypheae|fan palms]] (subfamily [[Coryphoideae]]), and the [[leaf|leaves]] have a long petiole terminating in a rounded fan of numerous leaflets.

All are large palms with leaves ranging from 2–5 metres in length. They reach heights of 20–40 m and with a trunk diameter of up to 1-2.5 m. All the species are [[monocarpic]] and die after flowering. The genus is relatively slow growing and can take many years to form a trunk.

Species include:<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=corypha
|title=The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species
|accessdate=June 5, 2014}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- 
! Flower !! Name !! Common name!! Distribution
|-
|[[File:Corypha lecomtei.jpg|120px]] || ''[[Corypha lecomtei]]'' <small>[[Odoardo Beccari|Becc.]] ex Lecomte</small> || || Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia
|-
| || ''[[Corypha microclada]]'' <small>Becc.</small> || || Philippines
|-
|[[File:Corypha taliera Md Sharif Hossain Sourav.jpg|120px]] || ''[[Corypha taliera]]'' <small>Roxb.</small> || || India: West Bengal, Bangladesh, Myanmar
|-
| [[File:Corypha umbraculifera-flowering.JPG|120px]] || ''[[Corypha umbraculifera]]'' <small>L.</small> || Talipot palm|| Sri Lanka, southern India; naturalized in Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Andaman Islands, Mauritius
|-
|[[File:CabbagePalm01.jpg|120px]] || ''[[Corypha utan]]'' <small>Lam.</small>(syn. ''C. elata, C. gebang'') ||Gebang palm, buri palm or cabbage palm || India: Assam, Andaman Islands, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, Australia: Queensland, Northern Territory
|-
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Buntaljfa.JPG|A traditional [[Philippines|Filipino]] [[buntal hat]] made from buri palm Corypha (gebang palm, buri palm or talipot palm, genus of palms (fanily Arecaceae)
Fruiting_buri_plant.jpg|Buri palm with fruits

</gallery>

==Uses==
In the [[Philippines]], buri trees, like the [[sago palm]], are used as sources of starch made into starch balls called [[landang]]. These are traditionally cooked into various desserts and dishes, most notably the [[binignit]].<ref name="Cebuano Binignit">
{{cite web | url = http://www.philstar.com/cebu-lifestyle/2015/03/31/1439444/cebuano-binignit | title = Cebuano Binignit | publisher = The Freeman | date = 31 March 2015 | author = Cabello, Nathan | access-date =2 July 2016}}</ref>

The leaves are often used for thatching or can be woven into baskets, etc. Three kinds of fibres, namely buri (unopened leaf fibers), [[raffia]] (mature leaf fibers), and [[buntal hat|buntal]] (leaf petiole fiber), may be obtained from the plant. The midrib of the leaves are also used for weaving hats in the Philippines known as [[calasiao hat]]s.<ref name="Pickard">{{cite journal |last1=Pickard |first1=Edward T. |title=Philippine Production and Foreign Trade in Hats |journal=Commerce Reports |date=21 October 1929 |issue=40 |pages=154–156 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sp5NHpZv1owC&pg=PA154}}</ref> The Buntal Hat Festival is celebrated in [[Baliuag, Bulacan]] yearly every 6th of May.<ref>[http://www.lakbaypilipinas.com/blog/2011/05/20/buntal-hat-festival-launched-in-baliuag-bulacan/ Philippine Travel Blog: Buntal Hat festival launched in Baliuag Bulacan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121226095844/http://www.lakbaypilipinas.com/blog/2011/05/20/buntal-hat-festival-launched-in-baliuag-bulacan/ |date=2012-12-26 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.philstar.com/good-news/463183/baliuag-celebrates-buntal-weaving The Philippine Star: Baliuag celebrates buntal weaving]</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*[http://www.pacsoa.org.au/palms/Corypha/ PACSOA: ''Corypha'' index]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060831070219/http://www.pacsoa.org.au/palms/Corypha/utanQ.html PACSOA: ''Corypha utan'' in Australia]
*Kunth, Karl Sigismund [http://www.botanicus.org/title/b11939205 ''Corypha miraguama''], ''Nov. Gen.'', 1816, 1, p.&nbsp;298. Accessed 2012-8-4. 
*[https://archive.org/details/journalofhorticu1877lond The Old Market Gardens and Nurseries of London — No. 10], (52 MB file from archive.org) ''Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardner'' v. 57, 29 March 1877, p.&nbsp;238. Accessed 2012-7-31. The Journal records [[John Fraser (botanist)|John Fraser]] as bringing ''Corypha miraguama'' back from [[Cuba]] in 1807. See also [http://tropicos.org/Name/50198317?projectid=15 Kunth], 1816, same location.

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