Answer: talipots

AnswerCrossword Clue
TALIPOTSPalm trees.
TALIPOTSShowy fan palms
talipotsA tall Indian palm with very large fan-shaped leaves that are used as sunshades and for thatching, and to make the material upon which books were traditionally written. When the talipot matures, at about 40รป60 years, it sends up a 25-foot (8-m) stalk bearing millions of flowers, and subsequently the tree dies
talipotsTALIPOT, a tall palm tree