High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Corypha taliera is a species of palm, native to Bengal region of South Asia. There is one last plant left of this extinct species, which is protected and grows in the scrub jungle on the Dhaka University campus, Bangladesh. The plant was discovered in the 1950s growing in the scrub jungle on the Dhaka University campus, Bangladesh. It was then identified by local scientist Shamal Kumar Basu and subsequently protected in what became the enclosure of the residential quarters of the Pro Vice-Chancellor.