talipot

It also has some 700 hectares of the fan-leaved corypha or talipot palm Corypha umbraculifera, on the leaves of which Buddhist sermons were originally inscribed.

Dong Phayayan Khao-Yai Forest Complex, Thailand 2009

The talipot leaves are likewise used by the common people to shelter themselves from the rain, _one leaf affording sufficient shelter for seven or eight persons_.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 361, Supplementary Issue (1829) Various

Bennet, in his work on "Ceylon and its Capabilities," (1843), states that sago is procured from the granulated pith of the talipot palm,

The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. P. L. Simmonds

A talipot palm was in blossom, towering high to heaven, but we knew that its course was nearly ended, for when it attains about half a century of vitality it droops and dies; this seems

Travels in the Far East Ellen Mary Hayes Peck

In Ceylon, for instance, the leaves of the talipot; in India, the leaves of the palm (with which they commonly covered their houses,) were used for books.

A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. Anonymous

This fact was emphasized by a long afternoon drive, beginning in the native quarter with its attendant bazars and ending with a long country tour for at least an hour through a forest of palms of many varieties, the tall talipot towering high -- higher even than the fruit-laden cocoanut palm, -- while bread-fruit trees, jack-fruit trees, and bananas made a pleasing variety.

Travels in the Far East Ellen Mary Hayes Peck

Large as the dimensions of the talipot leaf may appear, it is exceeded in size by the _troolie_ of

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 361, Supplementary Issue (1829) Various

The library of the temple held many richly bound Buddhist books, written on leaves made from the talipot palm.

Travels in the Far East Ellen Mary Hayes Peck

At Peradeniya the palm family has nearly a hundred representatives, including the areca, palmyra, talipot, royal, fan, traveler's, date and cocoanut.

East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan Frederic Courtland Penfield 1888

The line then pushes its way through a bewildering medley of tropical vegetation -- there are miles of cashew and breadfruit trees, of frangipani and jaks, and more than once a stately talipot-palm is discerned in full blossom -- for half a century the tree has stored its vitality for this one effort; and the burst of splendor spent, its career on earth is ended.

East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan Frederic Courtland Penfield 1888