Corypha utan
{{Short description|Species of palm}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = CabbagePalm01.jpg
| image_caption = At Kowanyama, Queensland
| genus = Corypha
| species = utan
| authority = Lam.
| synonyms =
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- Borassus sylvestris Giseke nom. illeg.
- Corypha elata Roxb.
- Corypha gebang Mart.
- Corypha gembanga (Blume) Blume
- Corypha griffithiana Becc.
- Corypha macrophylla Roster
- Corypha macropoda Kurz
- Corypha sylvestris Mart. nom. illeg.
- Gembanga rotundifolia Blume
- Livistona vidalii Becc.
- Taliera elata (Roxb.) Wall.
- Taliera gembanga Blume nom. illeg.
- Taliera sylvestris Blume nom. illeg.
}}
| synonyms_ref = {{cite web
|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-48260
|title=The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species
|accessdate=June 11, 2014}}
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Corypha utan, the cabbage palm, buri palm or gebang palm, is a species of palm native to Asia and Oceania.
Description
It grows up to {{convert|20|m|abbr=off}} tall, and, on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, up to {{convert|1.5|m|ftin|abbr=off|sp=us}} thick{{cite book | last= Tucker |first= Robert | date= 1988 | title= Palms of Subequatorial Queensland | location= Milton, QLD | publisher= Palm and Cycad Society of Australia | page=28}} (exceeded only by Borassus aethiopum and Jubaea chilensis) and bears palmate fronds {{convert|4 to 6|m|abbr=on}} long. The subspecies or variety C.u. macropoda of the Andaman Islands has a blade or lamina up to {{convert|20|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us|spell=in}} in diameter mounted on stalks (laminae) up to {{convert|25|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} in length.Journal of the Asiatic Society of Benghal, Volume 43 (1874) Part 2 pages 205-206 plus plate #15 Like other palms of the genus Corypha, this species flowers once at the end of its lifetime (monocarpy), producing a massive inflorescence up to 5 m tall containing up to one million flowers.[http://www.pacsoa.org.au/palms/Corypha/utan.html Corypha utan Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia web page] Accessed 20 June 2009
Distribution and habitat
It is distributed from the Assam region of India through Indochina, Malaysia, and Indonesia to the Philippines and New Guinea, and south to Australia's Cape York Peninsula. Growing along watercourses, floodplains and grasslands, the Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia write about the Corypha utan palms occurring in Cape York:
Corypha utan .. is undoubtedly one of the most imposing species in the Australian palm flora (with its massive pachycaul trunks and hapaxanthic flowering and fruiting extravaganza.[http://www.pacsoa.org.au/palms/Corypha/utanQ.html Corypha utan On Cape York Peninsula, Queensland Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia web page] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060831070219/http://www.pacsoa.org.au/palms/Corypha/utanQ.html |date=2006-08-31 }} Accessed 20 June 2009
Uses
The starch contained inside the trunk is edible raw or cooked, as is the tip-top. The flowering stalks can be beaten to produce liquid. The nut kernels are also edible.{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/277203364 |title=The Complete Guide to Edible Wild Plants |publisher=Skyhorse Publishing |others=United States Department of the Army |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-60239-692-0 |location=New York |pages=35 |language=en-US |oclc=277203364}}
In Lamakera, its (ketebu) leaves are made into fibres weaved with sea hibiscus bark to make rope for whaling harpoons.{{cite journal |last1=Barnes |first1=R. H. |year=1996 |title=Lamakera, Solor. Ethnographic Notes on a Muslim Whaling Village of Eastern Indonesia |journal=Anthropos |volume=91 |issue=1/3 |pages=75–88 |jstor=40465273}}
Locally known as buri or buli in the Philippines, the leaves of Corypha utan are widely used in weaving fans, baskets, and mats.{{Cite web|url=http://www.stuartxchange.org/Buri|title=Philippine Medicinal Plants: Buri|last=|first=|date=|website=www.stuartxchange.org|access-date=}}{{Cite journal|last=M.|first=Queypo-Queddeng|last2=J.|first2=Puzon|last3=Development|first3=Rabena, A.R., University of Northern Philippines, Vigan City 2700 (Philippines). Research and|date=2010-01-01|title=Multipurpose use of buri (Corypha elata Roxb. or Corrypha utan) and its nutritive value|url=http://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=PH2010000589&ved=0ahUKEwjiw7_J18vSAhUIwbwKHYt6B2IQFggwMAI&usg=AFQjCNGkR-_E6RnHvt-NYK-Zon5TGLcXcQ&sig2=orNqen3lbK2TGpKQcXGG2g|journal=Philippine Journal of Crop Science (Philippines)|language=English|issn=0115-463X}} Additionally, in Isla Verde, Batangas where this palm tree grows abundantly, Corypha utan sap is extracted, cooked and made into the sweet delicacy called "Pakaskas".{{Cite web |last=meryenda |title=The Peculiar Life of a Buri Palm |url=https://meryenda.substack.com/p/the-peculiar-life-of-a-buri-palm |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=meryenda.substack.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=DOST BRINGS S&T TO VERDE ISLAND, PAKASKAS UNDERGO IMPROVEMENT |url=http://www.science.ph/full_story.php?type=News&key=126635:dost-brings-sat-to-verde-island-pakaskas-undergo-improvement |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=www.science.ph}}
References
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Category:Flora of tropical Asia
Category:Flora of the Northern Territory
Category:Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Category:Plants described in 1786
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