''Corypha'' (gebang palm, buri palm or talipot palm) is a genus of
palms (family Arecaceae), native to
India
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,
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, the
Philippines
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,
New Guinea
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and northeastern
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Cape York Peninsula
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,
Queensland
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). They are
fan palms
Fan palm as a descriptive term can refer to any of several different kinds of palms (Arecaceae) in various genera with leaves that are palmately lobed (rather than pinnately compound). Most are members of the subfamily Coryphoideae, though a few ...
(subfamily
Coryphoideae
The Coryphoideae is one of five subfamilies in the palm family, Arecaceae. It contains all of the genera with palmate leaves, excepting ''Mauritia'', ''Mauritiella'' and ''Lepidocaryum,'' all of subfamily Calamoideae, tribe Lepidocaryeae, subtr ...
), and the
leaves
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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
Monocarpic plants are those that flower and set seeds only once, and then die.
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and die after flowering. The genus is relatively slow growing and can take many years to form a trunk.
Species include:
Gallery
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buntal hat made from buri palm fiber
Uses
In the
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, buri trees, like the
sago palm
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, are used as sources of starch made into starch balls called
landang
Landang, comes from Buli or Buri Tree
(''Corypha''), a type of palm found in the Philippines and other tropical countries. This tree only flowers once in its life and then dies. At first glance, landang looks like shrunken, flattened sago. It is ...
. These are traditionally cooked into various desserts and dishes, most notably the
binignit
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.
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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 (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
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s.
The Buntal Hat Festival is celebrated in
Baliuag, Bulacan
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yearly every 6th of May.
The Philippine Star: Baliuag celebrates buntal weaving
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References
PACSOA: ''Corypha'' index
*Kunth, Karl Sigismun
''Corypha miraguama''
''Nov. Gen.'', 1816, 1, p. 298. Accessed 2012-8-4.
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. 238. Accessed 2012-7-31. The Journal records John Fraser John Fraser may refer to:
Politics
*John Simon Frederick Fraser (1765–1803), commanded the Fraser Fencibles in Ireland and was (M.P.) for Inverness-shire
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as bringing ''Corypha miraguama'' back from Cuba
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in 1807. See als
Kunth
1816, same location.
External links
{{Taxonbar, from=Q1072825
Arecaceae genera
Flora of Indomalesia
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus