Corypha lecomtei

Corypha lecomtei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Genus:	Corypha
Species:	C. lecomtei
Binomial name
	Corypha lecomtei; Becc. ex Lecomte

Corypha lecomtei is a species of plant in the family Arecaceae. It is only growing in Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. It is threatened by habitat loss.^{[citation needed]}

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

Description[]

This palm species has a trunk 3.5–4 metres (11–13 ft) high, and the leaves are even larger, with petioles up to 8 metres (26 ft) long and the leaf blade of 3.5–4 metres (11–13 ft) in length.^[2] The plant flowers and fruits only once, at between 15 and 30 years of age, and then dies.^[2]

References[]

^ 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.
^ Jump up to: ^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

Corypha lecomtei. [1].

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[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.

[Lecomte-2] Jump up to: ^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

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