Taxon:
Borassus flabellifer L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1187. 1753
Verified:
12/31/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
- Blatter, E. B. 1926. The palms of British India and Ceylon. 174-213.
- Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
- Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
- Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). URL: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Borassus+flabellifer&quantity=1
- Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
- Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
- Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
- Matthew, K. M. 1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic.
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
- Moore, H. E., Jr. 1963. An annotated checklist of cultivated palms. Principes 7:131.
- Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
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Common names
English
doub palm – palmyra palm – tala palm – toddy palm – wine palm – French
borasse – rônier – German
Lontaro – Palmyrapalme – Portuguese
broção – palmira – Portuguese (Brazil)
boraço – Spanish
boraso – palma palmira – Swedish
palmyrapalm –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Indochina | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Papuasia | Papua New Guinea | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Sri Lanka
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PAPUASIA:
Papua New Guinea
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INDO-CHINA:
Indochina, Myanmar, Thailand
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. |
Environmental | ornamental | | Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage |
Human food | beverage base | source of wine and vinegar | Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. |
Human food | fruit | | Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications. |
Human food | sugar | source of sugar | Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. |
Materials | fiber | | Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2 |
Materials | wood | | Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2 |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |