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Talipot Palm

තල குடைப்பனை

Corypha umbraculifera

Talipot Palm
PraveenP · Public domain

Overview

A giant fan palm that flowers only once, after several decades, with one of the largest flower clusters of any plant — and then dies. Its leaves were the ‘ola’ on which old Sinhala books were written.

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