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Hyphaene petersiana

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Internal ID UUID643fdf5ca3035424965596
Scientific name Hyphaene petersiana
Authority Klotzsch ex Mart.
First published in Hist. Nat. Palm. 3(ed. 2): 227 (1845)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Hyphaene aurantiaca Dammer Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 267 (1901)
Hyphaene benguelensis Welw. ex H.Wendl. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 39: 92 (1881)
Hyphaene bussei Dammer Vegetationsbilder ser. 5, 7: t. 44. 1907 (1907)
Hyphaene goetzei Dammer Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 354 (1900)
Hyphaene obovata Furtado Garcia de Orta 15: 456 (1967)
Hyphaene ovata Furtado Garcia de Orta 15: 457 (1967)
Hyphaene plagiocarpa Dammer Vegetationsbilder ser. 5, 7: t. 44. 1907 (1907)
Hyphaene ventricosa Kirk J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 235 (1866)
Hyphaene ventricosa subsp. anisopleura Becc. Palme Borass. 46. 1924 (1924)
Hyphaene ventricosa subsp. aurantiaca (Dammer) Becc. Palme Borass. 45. 1924 (1924)
Hyphaene ventricosa subsp. benguelensis (Welw. ex H.Wendl.) Becc. Palme Borass. 44. 1924 (1924)
Hyphaene ventricosa subsp. bussei (Dammer) Becc. Palme Borass. 46. 1924 (1924)
Hyphaene ventricosa subsp. goetzei (Dammer) Becc. Palme Borass. 46. 1924 (1924)
Hyphaene ventricosa subsp. petersiana (Klotzsch ex Mart.) Becc. Palme Borass. 45. 1924 (1924)
Hyphaene ventricosa subsp. plagiocarpa (Dammer) Becc. Palme Borass. 45. 1924 (1924)
Hyphaene ventricosa subsp. russisiensis Becc. Palme Borass. 46. 1924 (1924)
Hyphaene ventricosa subsp. useguhensis Becc. Palme Borass. 46. 1924 (1924)
Chamaeriphes benguelensis Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 728 (1891)
Chamaeriphes ventricosa Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 728 (1891)
Hyphaene ventricosa subsp. ambolandensis Becc. Palme Borass. 44. 1924 (1924)
Hyphaene benguelensis var. ventricosa (J.Kirk) Furtado Garcia de Orta 15: 446 1967
Hyphaene benguelensis var. plagiocarpa (Dammer) Furtado Garcia de Orta 15: 446 (1967)

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Language Common/alternative name
English african ivory nut palm
English african wine palm
English makalani palm
English vegetable ivory palm
English makalani
Spanish hyphaene ovata
Spanish chamaeriphes ventricosa
Spanish hyphaene plagiocarpa
Spanish hyphaene ventricosa
Spanish hyphaene ventricosa subsp. benguelensis
Spanish hyphaene ventricosa subsp. bussei
Spanish hyphaene ventricosa subsp. goetzei
Spanish hyphaene ventricosa subsp. petersiana
Spanish hyphaene ventricosa subsp. plagiocarpa
Spanish hyphaene ventricosa subsp. useguhensis
Spanish hyphaene obovata
Spanish hyphaene goetzei
Spanish hyphaene bussei
Spanish hyphaene benguelensis
Spanish hyphaene aurantiaca
Spanish chamaeriphes benguelensis
Afrikaans makalanipalm
Afrikaans opregte waaierpalm
Arabic دوم بيترسياني
Czech duma petersonova
Finnish keihäshaarapalmu
Dutch makalani
Chinese 分枝榈
Chinese 叉干棕

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Tanzania
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Caprivi Strip
      • Namibia
      • Northern Provinces
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000216286
Tropicos 2401622
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:667526-1
The Plant List kew-101418
Open Tree Of Life 760665
NCBI Taxonomy 480373
IUCN Red List 95317629
IPNI 667526-1
iNaturalist 342681
GBIF 8278609
Freebase /m/0g53t7n
EOL 1142757
Wikipedia Hyphaene_petersiana

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Preserving Ethnoveterinary Medicine (EVM) along the Transhumance Routes in Southwestern Angola: Synergies between International Cooperation and Academic Research Solazzo D, Moretti MV, Tchamba JJ, Rafael MF, Tonini M, Fico G, Basterrecea T, Levi S, Marini L, Bruschi P Plants (Basel) 28-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10933900
doi:10.3390/plants13050670
PMID:38475516
Population structure and phenological attributes of Adansonia digitata L. (baobab) in Northwestern lowland area of Ethiopia Abere M, Yilma Z, Tsegie T, Eshete A, Alemu A Heliyon 24-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10696176
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e22571
PMID:38058453
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
Water availability, bedrock, disturbance by herbivores, and climate determine plant diversity in South-African savanna Hejda M, Čuda J, Pyšková K, Zambatis G, Foxcroft LC, MacFadyen S, Storch D, Tropek R, Pyšek P Sci Rep 10-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8748544
doi:10.1038/s41598-021-02870-3
PMID:35013353
On the origin of giant seeds: the macroevolution of the double coconut (Lodoicea maldivica) and its relatives (Borasseae, Arecaceae) Bellot S, Bayton RP, Couvreur TL, Dodsworth S, Eiserhardt WL, Guignard MS, Pritchard HW, Roberts L, Toorop PE, Baker WJ New Phytol 29-Jul-2020
PMCID:PMC7590125
doi:10.1111/nph.16750
PMID:32544251
Mass sterilization of a common palm species by elephants in Kruger National Park, South Africa Midgley JJ, Coetzee BW, Tye D, Kruger LM Sci Rep 16-Jul-2020
PMCID:PMC7366642
doi:10.1038/s41598-020-68679-8
PMID:32678201
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
Determining baselines for human-elephant conflict: A matter of time Pozo RA, Coulson T, McCulloch G, Stronza AL, Songhurst AC PLoS One 05-Jun-2017
PMCID:PMC5459443
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0178840
PMID:28582425
Sap flow variation in selected riparian woodland species in the Okavango Delta, Botswana Lubinda AK, Murray‐Hudson M, Green S Afr J Ecol 28-Apr-2017
PMCID:PMC7159445
doi:10.1111/aje.12401
PMID:32313343
Oral health in transition: The Hadza foragers of Tanzania Crittenden AN, Sorrentino J, Moonie SA, Peterson M, Mabulla A, Ungar PS PLoS One 15-Mar-2017
PMCID:PMC5351833
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0172197
PMID:28296885
Ethnobotanical Study of Plants Used in the Management of HIV/AIDS-Related Diseases in Livingstone, Southern Province, Zambia Chinsembu KC Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 16-Mar-2016
PMCID:PMC4812351
doi:10.1155/2016/4238625
PMID:27069489
Global-change vulnerability of a key plant resource, the African palms Blach-Overgaard A, Balslev H, Dransfield J, Normand S, Svenning JC Sci Rep 27-Jul-2015
PMCID:PMC4515823
doi:10.1038/srep12611
PMID:26211732
Ritual uses of palms in traditional medicine in sub-Saharan Africa: a review Gruca M, van Andel TR, Balslev H J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 23-Jul-2014
PMCID:PMC4222890
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-10-60
PMID:25056559
Habitat Selection by African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in Response to Landscape-Level Fluctuations in Water Availability on Two Temporal Scales Bennitt E, Bonyongo MC, Harris S PLoS One 01-Jul-2014
PMCID:PMC4077810
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0101346
PMID:24983377
Ethnobotanical knowledge on indigenous fruits in Ohangwena and Oshikoto regions in Northern Namibia Cheikhyoussef A, Embashu W J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 22-May-2013
PMCID:PMC3682899
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-9-34
PMID:23697554

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