Fan-palm is a name sometimes given to the taliput palm or Corypha umbraculifera, a native of Sri Lanka and Malabar. The name is also applied to the Mauritia palm (Mauritia flexuosa), a tree which grows in great abundance on the banks of the Orinoco river in South America, and which yields the natives of these regions food, wine (made from its sap), and cordage, besides serving them for housing during the inundations to which the country is subject. Research Fan-Palm
The gebang palm (Corypha gebanga) is a fan-leaved palm of south east Asia. Sago is extracted from its pith and its leaves are used for thatch, hats, baskets and bags. The root is used in medicine and the fibres of the leaf stalks are used for making ropes, nets and cloth. Research Gebang Palm
The Talipot Palm (Corypha umbraculifera) is a tree of the natural order Palmaceae native of southern India and Sri Lanka. The trunk of the Talipot Palm grows to about 30 metres long. The leaves are circular, about 3.5 metres in diameter, thrown into plaits, and the margin cut into points. The leaf stalk is about 1.8 metres long and is armed with tooth-like spines. Research Talipot Palm
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