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Corypha umbraculifera - tall palm of southern India and Sri Lanka with gigantic leaves used as umbrellas and fans or cut into strips for writing paper

talipot, talipot palm

fan palm - palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves

Corypha, genus Corypha - large fan palms of tropical Asia to Australia

buntal - fine white Philippine fiber from stalks of unopened leaves of talipot palms; used in making hats

ola, olla - leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper

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JBN nuevo genero Copernicia x shaferi Dahlgren & Glassman Copernicia yarey Burret Corypha umbraculifera L.

Nuevas palmas hospedantes de Raoiella indica (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) en Cuba

(21) For more details on local names for Borrassusflabellifer and Corypha umbraculifera in India and Indonesia, see the table provided by Jahn (2006:927-8).

Nipah or gebang? A philological and codicological study based on sources from West Java

(2) One other palm species has an earlier history of use for manuscripts in South and Southeast Asia: talipot palms (Corypha umbraculifera and Corypha utan).

From palm leaf to book: a South Asia quest

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