Borassus flabellifer
- English common names:
- Palmyra palm
Description
One of the most grown palm trees in the world. Known for its sugary sap, hard black timber and large leaves.
Classification
- Genus
- Borassus
- Species
- B. flabellifer
- Binomial name
- Borassus flabellifer
Borassus flabellifer fact sheet
Fact sheet shows categorized Borassus flabellifer features regarding its trunk, leaves, fruit and seeds, as well as palm size and habitat.
Known palm features and information are based on member input, which allows The Palm Identifier to build the most complete and accurate palm tree species categorization database. Palm tree features that have not yet been fully categorized are shown in certainty percentages.
- Shape
-
Single or solitary - Thickness
- Thick
- Crownshaft
- Unknown
- Color
- Black
- Spines
- Unknown
- Special features
- Smooth
Trunk
- Shape
-
Palmate (Fan) - Color
- Unknown
- Size
- Very large, 3 m
- Special features
- Unknown
Leaf
- Size
-
- Mature height
- 20m (65.6ft)
- Size (mass)
- Large
- USDA zone
- Unknown
- Distribution
- India, Malaysia
- Suitable for indoor growing
- Unknown
Size and habitat
- Color when ripe
- Dark Brown
- Size
- 150mm (5.9in)
- Shape
- Unknown
- Growth
- Unknown
- Special features
- Unknown
Fruit features
- Color
- Unknown
- Size
- Unknown
- Shape
- Unknown
- Special features
- Fibrous
