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Internal ID UUID644029e53be8d495636654
Scientific name Borassus akeassii
Authority Bayton, Ouédr. & Guinko
First published in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 150: 420 (2006)

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Borassus akeassii is a type of palmyra palm that is found in west and central Africa, ranging from Senegal to Congo-Kinshasa. It was officially identified in 2006, as it was previously mistaken for other similar species. The plant is utilized by local communities for various purposes, with sap extraction being a common use.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Borassus aethiopum var. domesticus A.Chev. Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Colon. 18: 103. 1938

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Language Common/alternative name
English ake assi's palmyra palm
Arabic بوراس أكياسي
Persian براسوس آکئاسی
Chinese 扇葉糖棕

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- Native
  • Africa
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Burkina
      • Guinea-Bissau
      • Ivory Coast
      • Mali
      • Niger
      • Nigeria
      • Senegal
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Central African Republic
      • Zaïre

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World Flora Online wfo-0000807867
Tropicos 100154538
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77075289-1
The Plant List kew-346107
Open Tree Of Life 186406
NCBI Taxonomy 480369
IUCN Red List 95315716
IPNI 77075289-1
iNaturalist 364450
GBIF 2733932
Freebase /m/027s34s
EOL 11578190
Wikipedia Borassus_akeassii

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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
Comparative ecology of Guinea baboons (Papio papio) Zinner D, Klapproth M, Schell A, Ohrndorf L, Chala D, Ganzhorn JU, Fischer J Primate Biol 21-May-2021
PMCID:PMC8182668
doi:10.5194/pb-8-19-2021
PMID:34109265
Transferability, development of simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers and application to the analysis of genetic diversity and population structure of the African fan palm (Borassus aethiopum Mart.) in Benin Kpatènon MJ, Salako KV, Santoni S, Zekraoui L, Latreille M, Tollon-Cordet C, Mariac C, Jaligot E, Beulé T, Adéoti K BMC Genet 03-Dec-2020
PMCID:PMC7713368
doi:10.1186/s12863-020-00955-y
PMID:33272218
Microbial Diversity and Metabolite Profiles of Palm Wine Produced From Three Different Palm Tree Species in Côte d’Ivoire Djeni TN, Kouame KH, Ake FD, Amoikon LS, Dje MK, Jeyaram K Sci Rep 03-Feb-2020
PMCID:PMC6997158
doi:10.1038/s41598-020-58587-2
PMID:32015447
Investigation of Genetic Relationships Between Hanseniaspora Species Found in Grape Musts Revealed Interspecific Hybrids With Dynamic Genome Structures Saubin M, Devillers H, Proust L, Brier C, Grondin C, Pradal M, Legras JL, Neuvéglise C Front Microbiol 15-Jan-2020
PMCID:PMC6974558
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2019.02960
PMID:32010076
Nutritional, biochemical and microbiological composition of Borassus aethiopum Mart. sap in Burkina Faso Zongo O, Tapsoba F, Leray F, Bideaux C, Guillouet S, Traoré Y, Savadogo A J Food Sci Technol 05-Sep-2019
PMCID:PMC7016050
doi:10.1007/s13197-019-04078-w
PMID:32116359
Enhancing agroecosystem productivity with woody perennials in semi-arid West Africa. A meta-analysis Félix GF, Scholberg JM, Clermont-Dauphin C, Cournac L, Tittonell P Agron Sustain Dev 23-Oct-2018
PMCID:PMC6390929
doi:10.1007/s13593-018-0533-3
PMID:30873222
ConR: An R package to assist large‐scale multispecies preliminary conservation assessments using distribution data Dauby G, Stévart T, Droissart V, Cosiaux A, Deblauwe V, Simo‐Droissart M, Sosef MS, Lowry PP II, Schatz GE, Gereau RE, Couvreur TL Ecol Evol 16-Dec-2017
PMCID:PMC5743656
doi:10.1002/ece3.3704
PMID:29299301
Charting the neglected West: The social system of Guinea baboons Fischer J, Kopp GH, Dal Pesco F, Goffe A, Hammerschmidt K, Kalbitzer U, Klapproth M, Maciej P, Ndao I, Patzelt A, Zinner D Am J Phys Anthropol 20-Jan-2017
PMCID:PMC6586040
doi:10.1002/ajpa.23144
PMID:28105722
Produce from Africa’s Gardens: Potential for Leafy Vegetable and Fruit Fermentations Oguntoyinbo FA, Fusco V, Cho GS, Kabisch J, Neve H, Bockelmann W, Huch M, Frommherz L, Trierweiler B, Becker B, Benomar N, Gálvez A, Abriouel H, Holzapfel WH, Franz CM Front Microbiol 05-Jul-2016
PMCID:PMC4932199
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.00981
PMID:27458430

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