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==Habitat and Distribution==
 
==Habitat and Distribution==
 
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Endemic to Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam, where it grows in dry forests, and in open spaces along the small rivers and streams, up to an altitude of about 600 meters.
 
==Description==
 
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Solitary trunk, monoecious, (both sexes on one plant), monocarpic, (inflorescence is terminal, dies after it flowers), which means it has only one chance to bear fruit, (like Caryota genus). Up to 6 meters tall, with a diameter of 70 cm., old leaves form a skirt, costapalmate, ascendant, (upright), with leaf tips slightly drooping, gray-green in color, the leaf itself about 2 meters long, on a 6 meter long, armed petiole, with 1 cm long thorns, green with black borders, and unsplit at the base, with about a 3 meter spread, 10 meter tall inflorescence, on a 2 meter tall penduncle, with whitish flowers, the blossom occurs when the tree is between 40 and 60 years old, when it has stored a great deal of starches, that are converted to sugars, in order to produce the massive inflorescence, fruit is globular, 7-8 cm long, and brownish in color.
 
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Revision as of 01:25, 30 July 2012

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Nong Nooch, Thailand
Corypha lecomtei
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Thailand
Scientific Classification
Genus: Corypha
Species: lecomtei
Synonyms
None set.
Native Continent
America
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Morphology
Habit: Solitary
Leaf type: Costapalmate
Culture
Survivability index
Common names
Lan Palm, Thi Talipot Palm in Eng., Drmn, Satnlan, Bai Lan, Laan, Lan, in Thai., La-buon, La-buong, in Vietnamese.


Habitat and Distribution

Endemic to Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam, where it grows in dry forests, and in open spaces along the small rivers and streams, up to an altitude of about 600 meters.

Description

Solitary trunk, monoecious, (both sexes on one plant), monocarpic, (inflorescence is terminal, dies after it flowers), which means it has only one chance to bear fruit, (like Caryota genus). Up to 6 meters tall, with a diameter of 70 cm., old leaves form a skirt, costapalmate, ascendant, (upright), with leaf tips slightly drooping, gray-green in color, the leaf itself about 2 meters long, on a 6 meter long, armed petiole, with 1 cm long thorns, green with black borders, and unsplit at the base, with about a 3 meter spread, 10 meter tall inflorescence, on a 2 meter tall penduncle, with whitish flowers, the blossom occurs when the tree is between 40 and 60 years old, when it has stored a great deal of starches, that are converted to sugars, in order to produce the massive inflorescence, fruit is globular, 7-8 cm long, and brownish in color.

Culture

Curiosities

External Links

References

Special thanks to Geoff Stein, (Palmbob) for his hundreds of photos, edric.


Many Special Thanks to Ed Vaile for his long hours of tireless editing and numerous contributions.

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