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Borassus aethiopum

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
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Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
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Distribution
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Internal ID UUID643ff2eec9e88222951637
Scientific name Borassus aethiopum
Authority Mart.
First published in Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 221 (1838)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Borassus aethiopum var. bagamojense Becc. Webbia 4: 337. 1914
Borassus aethiopum var. senegalense Becc. Webbia 4: 334. 1914
Borassus deleb Becc. Webbia 4: 339 (1914)
Borassus flabellifer var. aethiopum (Mart.) Warb. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas B: 20. 1895
Borassus sambiranensis Jum. & H.Perrier Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille , sér. 3, 1: 67 (1913)

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Language Common/alternative name
English african fan palm
English deleb palm
English black-rum palm
English african palmyra palm
English palmyra palm
Afrikaans afrikawaaierpalm
Amharic ዘምባባ
Arabic بوراس أثيوبي
Bambara sebe
Bengali বোরাসাস এথিয়োপাম
Czech lontar etiopský
dag kpukpaliga
German Äthiopische palmyrapalme
din agep
Persian نخل پالمیرای آفریقایی
Finnish etiopianpalmyrapalmu
French borasse d'Éthiopie
Hausa giginya
Japanese アフリカオウギヤシ
Japanese ボラッスス・アエチオプム
Norwegian Bokmål delebpalme
Sango nzä
Swahili mvumo wa afrika
wo tiir
Chinese 埃塞俄比亚糖棕
Chinese 桑比兰糖棕
Chinese 糖椰
Chinese 非洲扇椰子
Chinese 非洲扇棕

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad
      • Ethiopia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Northern Provinces
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Burkina
      • Gambia
      • Ghana
      • Guinea
      • Guinea-Bissau
      • Ivory Coast
      • Mali
      • Niger
      • Nigeria
      • Senegal
      • Togo
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Congo
      • Gulf Of Guinea Islands
      • Zaïre
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Comoros
      • Madagascar

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000350303
UNII R2WPS79XZI
USDA Plants BOAE
Tropicos 2401054
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:664869-1
The Plant List kew-23000
Open Tree Of Life 186408
NCBI Taxonomy 480368
IUCN Red List 195913
IPNI 664869-1
iNaturalist 340320
GBIF 2733925
Freebase /m/0270_ym
EPPO BASAE
EOL 1123540
US Library of Congress sh85015803
USDA GRIN 7424
Wikipedia Borassus_aethiopum

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Woody Species Composition, Structure, and Status of Regeneration in Pugnido Forest, Gambella Region, Western Ethiopia Masresha G, Melkamu Y, Mulu G Scientifica (Cairo) 04-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11008979
doi:10.1155/2024/3961434
PMID:38605976
Ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants in Dibatie district, Metekel zone, Benishangul Gumuz Regional State, western Ethiopia Anbessa B, Lulekal E, Getachew P, Hymete A J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 27-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10900549
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00671-2
PMID:38413982
Polyherbal Combinations Used by Traditional Health Practitioners against Mental Illnesses in Bamako, Mali, West Africa Moussavi N, Mounkoro PP, Dembele SM, Ballo NN, Togola A, Diallo D, Sanogo R, Wangensteen H, Paulsen BS Plants (Basel) 04-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10857219
doi:10.3390/plants13030454
PMID:38337987
Adsorptive removal of heavy metals from wastewater using Cobalt-diphenylamine (Co-DPA) complex Yimer M, Ansari SN, Berehe BA, Gudimella KK, Gedda G, Girma WM, Hasan N, Tasneem S BMC Chem 29-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10826029
doi:10.1186/s13065-024-01128-z
PMID:38287347
Tree size diversity is the major driver of aboveground carbon storage in dryland agroforestry parklands Noulèkoun F, Mensah S, Kim H, Jo H, Gouwakinnou GN, Houéhanou TD, Mensah M, Naab J, Son Y, Khamzina A Sci Rep 14-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10721610
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-49119-9
PMID:38097646
Palm Fungi and Their Key Role in Biodiversity Surveys: A Review Pereira DS, Phillips AJ J Fungi (Basel) 19-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10672035
doi:10.3390/jof9111121
PMID:37998926
Medicinal plants of the upper Aswa River catchment of northern Uganda - a cultural crossroads Masters ET J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 27-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10605377
doi:10.1186/s13002-023-00620-5
PMID:37884931
Citizens and urban greening: Do Bobo Dioulasso dwellers participate in greenhouse gas mitigation through urban forestry and greening? Derra H, Traoré SA, Kaboré GE Heliyon 26-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10632691
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21181
PMID:37954380
Health Benefits of Bread Fortification: A Systematic Review of Clinical Trials according to the PRISMA Statement Kaim U, Goluch ZS Nutrients 20-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10609867
doi:10.3390/nu15204459
PMID:37892534
Habitat range shift and prediction of the potential future distribution of Ricinodendron heudelotii (Baill.) Heckel in Benin (West Africa) Hounsou-Dindin G, Idohou R, Agre P, Hounkpèvi A, Adomou AC, Assogbadjo AE, Glèlè Kakaï R Heliyon 14-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10559952
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20199
PMID:37810068
Palm sap sugar an unconventional source of sugar exploration for bioactive compounds and its role on functional food development Sarkar T, Mukherjee M, Roy S, Chakraborty R Heliyon 23-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10073893
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e14788
PMID:37035349
Synthesis and performance evaluation of slow-release fertilizers produced from inverse vulcanized copolymers obtained from industrial waste Ghumman AS, Shamsuddin R, Sabir R, Waheed A, Sami A, Almohamadi H RSC Adv 09-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC9996625
doi:10.1039/d3ra00256j
PMID:36909756
Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches Mutie FM, Mbuni YM, Rono PC, Mkala EM, Nzei JM, Phumthum M, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 02-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005506
doi:10.3390/plants12051145
PMID:36904005
Diversity of woody species in traditional agroforestry practices in Wondo district, south-central Ethiopia Molla T, Asfaw Z, Muluneh MG, Worku BB Heliyon 07-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9941991
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13549
PMID:36825171
Performance, life cycle assessment, and economic comparison between date palm waste biochar and activated carbon derived from woody biomass Shaheen J, Fseha YH, Sizirici B Heliyon 20-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9801108
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e12388
PMID:36590480

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