Borassus aethiopum

Borassus aethiopum
Jeune plant du Borassus

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Arecales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Arecales

Familia: Arecaceae
Subfamilia: Coryphoideae
Tribus: Borasseae
Subtribus: Lataniinae
Genus: Borassus
Species: Borassus aethiopum

Name edit

Borassus aethiopum Mart., 1838

Synonyms edit

  • Homotypic
    • Borassus flabellifer var. aethiopum (Mart.) Warb. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, B: 20 (1895).
  • Heterotypic
    • Borassus sambiranensis Jum. & H.Perrier, Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, sér. 3, 1: 67 (1913).
    • 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).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Tropical Africa
      • Benin; Burkina; Cameroon; Central African Repu; Chad; Comoros; Congo; Ethiopia; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Gulf of Guinea Is.; Ivory Coast; Kenya; Madagascar; Malawi; Mali; Mozambique; Niger; Nigeria; Northern Provinces; Senegal; Sudan; Tanzania; Togo; Uganda; Zambia; Zare; Zimbabwe

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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Vernacular names edit

Afrikaans: Borassuspalm
አማርኛ: Zembaba
العربية: Deleib, Delieb
bem: Chibangalala, Kakoma, Kambili
be: Chibangalala, Kakoma, Kambili
Deutsch: Äthiopische Palmyrapalme
eʋegbe: Agoti
English: African fan palm, Borassus palm, Deleb palm, Palmyra palm, Ron palm
Fulfulde: Dubbe, Dubbi
suomi: Etiopianpalmyrapalmu
français: Rônier
Hausa: Giginya
Igbo: Ubiri
Luganda: Katugu, Katuugo, Ntungo, Ntunku
Silozi: Kankoma, Mukulwani, Mulala
mnk: Nyalango, Rhun, Sibo
nyj: Chipamba, Kakoma, Mlaza
Kiswahili: Mchapa, Mtappa, Mvomo
lea faka-Tonga: Kahuma, Kalala, Kankunka, Mapokwe, Muhuma, Mulala
Wolof: Ron
Yorùbá: Àgbọn olódu
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