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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Genus: | Corypha |
| Species: | C. lecomtei
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Corypha lecomtei is one of the species used to make palm-leaf manuscripts.[1]
Description
editThis 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 7 to 8 centimetres (2.8 to 3.1 in) long and almost as wide.[5]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Beccari, Odouardo; Martelli, Mugolino (1931). "Asiatic Palms - Corypheae". Annals of the Royal Botanical Gardens -Calcutta. 13 (1): 19.
- ^ 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
- ^ Hodel, Donald (1998). Palms and Cycads of Thailand. Lawrence, Kansas: Allen Press. p. 74.
- ^ Edric (n.d.). "Corypha lecomtei". Retrieved July 1, 2014.
- Corypha lecomtei. [1].
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