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| name = ''Borassus''
|familia=Arecaceae
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|genus=Borassus
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'''''Borassus''''' ('''Palmyra Palm''') is a genus of six species of [[Fan palm|fan]] [[Arecaceae|palms]], native to tropical regions of [[Africa]], [[Asia]] and [[New Guinea]]. They are tall palms, capable of growing up to 30 m high. The [[leaf|leaves]] are long, fan-shaped, 2 to 3 m in length. The [[flower]]s are small, in densely clustered spikes, followed by large, brown, roundish fruits.
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Borassus (an old name, of no significance here). Palmaceae, tribe Borassinae. Tall unarmed palms, with ringed trunks.
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Leaves large, palmately flabelliform; plicate sheath short; petiole spiny; ligule short rigid: fls. small, densely packed in pits on the catkin-like branches of a spathe which comes out between the Lvs.; stamens 6.: fr. large, subglobose, brown. — Species 1. Trop. Afr. For cult., see Latania. The seeds are very hard and do not germinate readily unless given strong bottom heat and abundant moisture.
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==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
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==Species==
==Species==
*''[[Borassus aethiopum]]'' - African Palmyra Palm (and other names) (tropical Africa)
*''[[Borassus akeassii]]'' - Ake Assi's Palmyra Palm (West Africa)
*''[[Borassus flabellifer]]'' - Asian Palmyra palm/Lontar palm/Doub palm/Sea Coconut (southern Asia and southeast Asia)
*''[[Borassus heineanus]]'' - New Guinea Palmyra Palm (New Guinea)
*''[[Borassus madagascariensis]]'' - Madagascar Palmyra Palm ([[Madagascar]])
*''[[Borassus sambiranensis]]'' - Sambirano Palmyra Palm (Madagascar)
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