Arecaceae FAMILY

Corypha utan

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Corypha utan is a massive, solitary-stemmed, evergreen fan palm growing to about 20 metres tall with leaves from 4 - 6 metres across[ 314 Title Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia. Publication Author Website http://www.pacsoa.org.au/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Contains at least a little information on the majority of palm and cycad species, plus a wealth of photographs. A first class website. ]. The bole can be 1 metre in diameter[ 360 Title Philippine Medicinal Plants Publication Author Website http://www.stuartxchange.org/CompleteList.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A lovely site, giving brief details on the medicinal uses of several hundred (over 400 at the last count) plants in the Philippines, plus a picture of each plant. ]. One of the largest of all the palms[ 314 Title Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia. Publication Author Website http://www.pacsoa.org.au/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Contains at least a little information on the majority of palm and cycad species, plus a wealth of photographs. A first class website. ], it provides a wide range of food and materials for the local people..

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - northeast India, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, northern Australia.

HabitatFlat, low-lying land in woodlands and forests in monsoonal areas[ 297 Title Palms of the World Publication Author Blombery. A. & Rodd. T. Publisher Angus and Robertson Year 1992 ISBN 0-207-14848-1 Description An excellent guide, well illustrated, with information on cultivation, uses, habitat etc of almost 200 species of Palms. ]. Open grasslands, and along rivers and wetlands[ 314 Title Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia. Publication Author Website http://www.pacsoa.org.au/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Contains at least a little information on the majority of palm and cycad species, plus a wealth of photographs. A first class website. ].