Buri PRODUCT NAME
Corypha elata Roxb. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Buri |
| Local Name: | Bagatai, Taktak (Ibanag, Nueva Viscaya); Buli, Buri (Tagalog, Bisaya, Bicol, Palawan); Ebus, Ibus (Pampanga, Tarlac); (Piet (Nueva Ecija, Pangasinan); Serar (Bagobo); Silad (Bisaya) Silag (Iloko, Pangasinan, Tarlac). |
| Family: | Palmae |
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| Product Description: | This is the largest and most stately palm to be found in the Philippines. Its straight trunk attains a diameter of 1m and a height of 20 meters. The species has very large, fan-sped leaves which are rounded in outline and up to 3m in length. The outer part is split into about 100 narrow segments. The very stout petioles are from 2-3m long and their margins are armed with very hard, rather large, black teeth. The plant grows 25-30 or more years, during which time large quantities of starch collect in the trunk. It the flowers once and dies, the enormous quantities of stored starch being used up during the short flowering and fruiting period. At maturity the leaves wither and there appears an enormous. Pyramidal, flowering shoot, which may be 7m in height |
| NTFP Classification: | Exudates and extracts, Food and food ingredients (plant-derived), Crafts and furniture making |
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| Description: | This palm widely distributed in the Philippines at low and medium altitudes |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | boughs fruits buds leaves, leaflets resin |
| Uses: | food material in the forms of starch edible or made into sweetmeat used for salad Unopened leaf or young leaf used for making mats, hats, bags, fancy articles, and as string fermented drink or palm wine, alcohol, vinegar, syrup, and sugar produced |
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| Partners: | Bureau of Forestry, Philippines |
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