Corypha utan
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Corypha utan, the cabbage palm, buri palm or gebang palm, is a species of palm native to Asia and Oceania.
Description
It grows up to Script error: No such module "convert". tall, and, on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, up to Script error: No such module "convert". thick[1] (exceeded only by Borassus aethiopum and Jubaea chilensis) and bears palmate fronds Script error: No such module "convert". long. The subspecies or variety C.u. macropoda of the Andaman Islands has a blade or lamina up to Script error: No such module "convert". in diameter mounted on stalks (laminae) up to Script error: No such module "convert". in length.[2] Like other palms of the genus Corypha, this species flowers once at the end of its lifetime (monocarpy), producing a massive inflorescence up to 5 m tall containing up to one million flowers.[3]
Distribution and habitat
It is distributed from the Assam region of India through Indochina, Malaysia, and Indonesia to the Philippines and New Guinea, and south to Australia's Cape York Peninsula.[3] Growing along watercourses, floodplains and grasslands, the Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia write about the Corypha utan palms occurring in Cape York:
Corypha utan .. is undoubtedly one of the most imposing species in the Australian palm flora (with its massive pachycaul trunks and hapaxanthic flowering and fruiting extravaganza.[4]
Uses
The starch contained inside the trunk is edible raw or cooked, as is the tip-top. The flowering stalks can be beaten to produce liquid. The nut kernels are also edible.[5]
In Lamakera, its (ketebu) leaves are made into fibres weaved with sea hibiscus bark to make rope for whaling harpoons.[6]
Locally known as buri or buli in the Philippines, the leaves of Corypha utan are widely used in weaving fans, baskets, and mats.[7][8] Additionally, in Isla Verde, Batangas where this palm tree grows abundantly, Corypha utan sap is extracted, cooked and made into the sweet delicacy called "Pakaskas".[9][10]
References
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- ↑ Journal of the Asiatic Society of Benghal, Volume 43 (1874) Part 2 pages 205-206 plus plate #15
- ↑ a b Corypha utan Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia web page Accessed 20 June 2009
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