The library of the temple held many richly bound Buddhist books, written on leaves made from the talipot palm.    From Wordnik.com.  [Travels in the Far East] Reference

Bennet, in his work on "Ceylon and its Capabilities," (1843), states that sago is procured from the granulated pith of the talipot palm.    From Wordnik.com.  [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.] Reference

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.    From Wordnik.com.  [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.] Reference

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.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dong Phayayan Khao-Yai Forest Complex, Thailand] Reference

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.    From Wordnik.com.  [Travels in the Far East] Reference

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.    From Wordnik.com.  [Travels in the Far East] Reference

The most extraordinary in the list of palms is the talipot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon] Reference

Deer-hides were pegged down to form a carpet upon the floors, and the walls were neatly covered with talipot leaves.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rifle and The Hound in Ceylon]

To idaho national park circle tour map real box hits you talipot to availability your puffiness as costume against the perfection amount.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wii-volution]

At Peradeniya the palm family has nearly a hundred representatives, including the areca, palmyra, talipot, royal, fan, traveler's, date and cocoanut.    From Wordnik.com.  [East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan] Reference

Roystonea, the royal palms, are the most striking palms in the Caribbean, and arguably, in the world (though, granted, a talipot palm in flower comes a close second).    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific Blogging] Reference

The long avenues of palms of different varieties -- palmyra, talipot, sago, royal, sealing-wax -- and the specimens of bamboo, India rubber, and rain-tree, are unique and wonderful.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions] Reference

They take about a dozen leaves of the talipot palm to form a tent, and at night-time, the packs, being taken off the bullocks, are piled like a pillar in the centre, and the talipot leaves are formed in.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon] Reference

The 13-year-old aced "bardiglio" (a type of Italian marble), "cerecloth" (a wax-treated cloth) and "talipot" (a tall palm tree native to India and Sri Lanka) during Thursday's semi-final rounds to qualify for the championship round, which aired at 8 p.m. on ABC.    From Wordnik.com.  [Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines] Reference

I at first supposed that they appeared in larger numbers on the white ground because they were more easily distinguished; but I tried the experiment of putting a sheet of writing-paper and a piece of brown talipot leaf in the midst of fleas; the paper was covered with them, while only two or three were on the talipot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon] Reference

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.    From Wordnik.com.  [East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan] Reference

The wide bed of the river was shaded on either side by groves of immense trees, whose branches stretched far over the channel; and not only beneath their shade, but in every direction, tents formed of talipot leaves were pitched, and a thousand men, women, and children lay grouped together; some were bathing in the river, some were sitting round their fires cooking a scanty meal, others lay asleep upon the sand, but all appeared to be congregated together for one purpose; and so various were the castes and costumes that every nation of the East seemed to have sent a representative.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rifle and The Hound in Ceylon]

There is a great peculiarity in the talipot palm.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon] Reference