Borassus aethiopum

Taxonavigation

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

Borassus aethiopum Mart., 1838

Synonyms

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

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, 2^nd Edition

References

Martius, C.F.P. von , 1838. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 221

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Borassus aethiopum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Dec. 15. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Borassus aethiopum. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 15 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Borassus aethiopum in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Dec. 15.
Tropicos.org 2018. Borassus aethiopum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Dec. 2018.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Borassus aethiopum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

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