''Corypha lecomtei'' is a species of plant in the family Arecaceae. It is only growing in

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and

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. It is threatened by

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. ''Corypha lecomtei'' (Common name Cay la buong ) is one of the species used to make

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Description

This palm species has a trunk high and up to a full meter (40 inches) thick, and the leaves are even larger, with petioles up to long (exceeded only by Musa ingens and Lodoicea) and " canaliculate" (round in cross-section with a deep groove on the upper surface) and the leaf blade of in length. The

inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed ...

, a

panicle A panicle is a much-branched inflorescence. (softcover ). Some authors distinguish it from a compound spike inflorescence, by requiring that the flowers (and fruit In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants that is ...

, is very large, up to in height, of which the

peduncle Peduncle may refer to: *Peduncle (botany), a stalk supporting an inflorescence, which is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed *Peduncle (anatomy), a stem, through which a mass of tissue is attached to a body **Peduncle (art ...

is with the remainder being the panicle ''per se''. The width is about . The plant flowers and fruits only once (

monocarpy Monocarpic plants are those that flower and set seeds only once, and then die. The term is derived from Greek (''mono'', "single" + ''karpos'', "fruit" or "grain"), and was first used by Alphonse de Candolle. Other terms with the same meaning ar ...

), at between 15 and 30 years of age, and then dies. The fruit is brownish and about 3 inches (7 to 8 cm) long and almost as wide.

References

*https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Corypha_lecomtei&action=edit * ''Corypha lecomtei''

Corypha, lecomtei Flora of Indo-China Vulnerable flora of Asia Taxa named by Odoardo Beccari {{Corypheae-stubà https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Corypha_lecomtei&action=edit