Borassus flabellifer

Borassus flabellifer
Fruiting specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Borassus
Species:
B. flabellifer
Binomial name
Borassus flabellifer
Synonyms[1]
  • Borassus flabelliformis L.
  • Borassus flabelliformis Roxb.
  • Borassus sundaicus Becc.
  • Borassus tunicatus Lour.
  • Lontarus domestica Gaertn. nom. illeg.
  • Pholidocarpus tunicatus (Lour.) H.Wendl.
  • Thrinax tunicata (Lour.) Rollisson

Borassus flabellifer, commonly known as doub palm, palmyra palm, tala or tal palm, toddy palm, lontar palm, wine palm, or ice apple,[2][3] is a fan palm native to South Asia (especially in Bangladesh, East India, and South India) and Southeast Asia.[4] It is reportedly naturalized in Socotra.[5][6]

  1. ^ The Plant List, Borassus flabellifer Mart.
  2. ^ "Borassus flabellifer". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 4 Aug 2016.
  3. ^ T.K., Lim (2012). Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants: Volume 1, Fruits. p. 293.
  4. ^ Philippine Medicinal Plants, "Palmira"
  5. ^ Borassus flabellifer Archived 2013-05-23 at the Wayback Machine Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference revision was invoked but never defined (see the help page).