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Taxon:
Borassus aethiopum
Mart.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Borassus
Family:
Arecaceae
(alt. Palmae)
Subfamily:
Coryphoideae
Tribe:
Borasseae
Subtribe:
Lataniinae
Nomen number:
7424
Place of publication:
Gel. Anz. 4:639. 1838 (Hist. nat. palm. 3:220. Sep 1838)
Verified:
12/31/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
Adam, J.-G.
1971-. Flore descriptive des monts Nimba.
Andrews, F. W.
1950-1956. The flowering plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.
Cufodontis, G.
1953-1972. Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta.
Dale, I. R. & P. J. Greenway.
1961. Kenya trees & shrubs.
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+aethiopum&quantity=1
Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds.
2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper.
1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
Kunkel, G.
1984. Plants for human consumption
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Moore, H. E., Jr.
1963. An annotated checklist of cultivated palms. Principes 7:131.
Palmer, E. & N. Pitman.
1972-1973. Trees of southern Africa.
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Thulin, M., ed.
1993-. Flora of Somalia.
Note:
mentions
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Common names
English
African fan palm –
Reference(s)
black-rum palm –
Reference(s)
borassus palm –
Reference(s)
deleb palm –
Reference(s)
French
rondier –
Reference(s)
German
Delebpalme –
Reference(s)
Portuguese
palmeira-abânico –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Tanzania
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Uganda
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Ethiopia
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Sudan
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Mozambique
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
Limpopo
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Ghana
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Mali
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Nigeria
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Senegal
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2
Cultivated
also cult.
Native
Africa
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia
,
Sudan
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
,
Tanzania
,
Uganda
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ghana
,
Mali
,
Nigeria
,
Senegal
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mozambique
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa
[Limpopo]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Human food
beverage base
Kunkel, G.
1984. Plants for human consumption
Human food
fruit
Kunkel, G.
1984. Plants for human consumption
Name
References