Corypha

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Corypha, also known as the gebang palm, buri palm, or talipot palm, is a genus of large tropical palms. They grow in India, parts of Southeast Asia, the Philippines, New Guinea, and northeastern Australia (Cape York Peninsula, Queensland). They are fan palms, with leaves that have a long stalk ending in a rounded fan of many leaflets. These are very large plants: leaves 2–5 meters long, trees 20–40 meters tall, and trunks up to 1–2.5 meters wide. All Corypha species flower only once and then die, so they grow slowly and can take many years to form a trunk.

In the Philippines, buri palm provides starch called landang, used in desserts and dishes such as binignit. The leaves can be thatched or woven into baskets. From the plant you can obtain three kinds of fiber: buri (from unopened leaf), raffia (from mature leaf), and buntal (from the leaf petiole). The midribs of the leaves are used to weave hats known as calasiao hats. The Buntal Hat Festival is held each year on May 6 in Baliuag, Bulacan.