Corypha Umbraculifera
The Talipot palm, a native of Ceylon,
producing gigantic fan-like leaves. These leaves have prickly
stalks 6 or 7 feet long, and when fully expanded form a nearly
complete circle of 13 feet in diameter. Large fans made of these
leaves are carried before
people of rank among the Cinghalese;
they are also commonly used as umbrellas, and tents are made by
neatly joining them together; they are also used as a substitute
for paper, being written upon with a stylus. Some of the sacred
books of the Cinghalese are composed of strips of them. The hard
seeds are used by turners.
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