Corypha lecomtei

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Corypha lecomtei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Corypha
Species:
C. lecomtei
Binomial name
Corypha lecomtei

Corypha lecomtei (common name Cay la buong) is a species of plant in the family Arecaceae. It is native to Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. It is threatened by habitat loss.[citation needed] Although known locally for centuries, it was formally described in 1916 by the botanist Odoardo Beccari.

Corypha lecomtei is one of the species used to make palm-leaf manuscripts.[1]

Description[edit]

This palm species has a trunk 3.5–4 metres (11–13 ft) high and up to a full meter (40 inches) thick, and the palmate leaves are even larger, with petioles up to 8.8 metres (29 ft) long [2](exceeded only by Musa ingens and Lodoicea) and canaliculated (round in cross-section with a deep groove on the upper surface). The leaf blade is 3.5–4 metres (11–13 ft) in length.[3] The inflorescence, a panicle, is very large, up to 40 feet (12 meters) in height, of which the peduncle is 5 to 6.5 feet (1.5 to 2.0 meters) with the remainder being the panicle per se. The width is about 20 feet (6.1 meters).[4] The plant flowers and fruits only once (monocarpy), at between 15 and 30 years of age, and then dies.[3] The fruit is brownish and about 3 inches (7 to 8 cm) long and almost as wide.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Elkington, B.G.; Sydara, K.; Hartmann, J.F.; Southavong, B.; Soejarto, D.D. (2013). "Folk Epidemiology Recorded in Palm Leaf Manuscripts of Laos". Journal of Lao Studies. 3 (1): 1–14. PMC 3703660. PMID 23847746.
  2. ^ Beccari, Odouardo; Martelli, Mugolino (1931). "Asiatic Palms - Corypheae". Annals of the Royal Botanical Gardens -Calcutta. 13 (1): 19.
  3. ^ a b Henri Lecomte (1917), "Observations sur les feuilles d'un Corypha de l'Indo-Chine", Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France, 63 (1–4): 79–84, doi:10.1080/00378941.1916.10835959
  4. ^ Hodel, Donald (1998). Palms and Cycads of Thailand. Lawrence, Kansas: Allen Press. p. 74.
  5. ^ Edric (n.d.). "Corypha lecomtei". Retrieved July 1, 2014.


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