a tall Indian palm with very large fan-shaped leaves and a flower that can reach 8 m tall. The leaves are used as sunshades and for thatching, and to make the material upon which Buddhist sacred books are written 伞形行李叶椰子,伞干顶榈
Corypha umbraculifera, family Palmae 拉丁名Corypha umbraculifera,棕榈科
语源
late 17th cent.: from Malayalam tālipat, from Sanskrit tālīpatra, from tālī 'palm' + patra 'leaf'