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Palmyra palms
Borassus
Borassus (Palmyra palm) is a genus of five species of fan palms, native to tropical regions of Africa, Asia and New Guinea. These massive palms can grow up to 30 m (98 ft) high and have robust trunks with distinct leaf scars; in some species the trunk develops a distinct swelling just below the crown, though for unknown reasons. The leaves are fan-shaped, 2–3 m long and with spines along the petiole margins (no spines in B. heineanus)....
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Asian Palmyra Palm
speciesBorassus flabellifer
borassus palm
speciesBorassus aethiopum
Borassus akeassii
speciesBorassus akeassii
Borassus madagascariensis
speciesBorassus madagascariensis
New Guinea Palmyra Palm
speciesBorassus heineanus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 180275.