Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa

Common name: Cabbage palm, Gebang palm

Family: Arecaceae (Palm)

Distribution: India, Southeast Asia, Australia

IUCN Red list: Least concern

Comments: These palms (like all Corypha) flower only towards the end of their lifetime, but when they do flower they send up a massive inflorescence up to 5m high, and with an estimated one million flowers.