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Borassus aethiopum - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Nigeria; 4/2006 © Ralf Biechele

Borassus aethiopum - Fruits - Click to enlarge!

Fruits; University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana; 1/2006 © Jörn Germer

Borassus aethiopum - Crown - Click to enlarge!

Crown; University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana; 1/2006 © Jörn Germer

Borassus aethiopum - Trunk - Click to enlarge!

Trunk; Nigeria; 4/2006 © Ralf Biechele

Borassus aethiopum - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana; 1/2006 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 269
Date of entry: 08.02.2006
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Palmyra Palm

German: Äthiopische Palmyrapalme

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Liliopsida (397)

      Order: Arecales (29)

        Family: Arecaceae (29)(family description)

          Genus: Borassus (2)

            Epithet: aethiopum C. Martius (1)

aethiopum => of Ethiopian origin

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

External links

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