Borassus

Plant Characteristics

Habit		palm-cycad
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	sun
Features:	✓	evergreen

Scientific Names

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Borassus (Palmyra Palm) is a genus of six species of fan palms, native to tropical regions of Africa, Asia and New Guinea. They are tall palms, capable of growing up to 30 m high. The leaves are long, fan-shaped, 2 to 3 m in length. The flowers are small, in densely clustered spikes, followed by large, brown, roundish fruits.

Read about Borassus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Borassus (an old name, of no significance here). Palmaceae, tribe Borassinae. Tall unarmed palms, with ringed trunks. 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. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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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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