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What are the benefits of Borassus flabellifer?
Nutrition. Palmyra fruit is rich in calcium and phosphorus; it is also a source of vitamin C and contains almost zero fat. The palm jaggery, which is derived from the tree's sap, is more nutritious than crude cane sugar, and the fresh sap is a good source of vitamin B complex.
What is the common name for Borassus flabellifer?
Family Name: | Arecaceae (Palmae) |
Synonyms: | Borassus flabelliformis, Borassus Sundaicus |
Common Name: | Palmyra Palm, Tah, Tai, Talouriksha Palm, Lontar, Toddy Palm, Wine Palm, Tala Palm, Doub Palm, Sugar Palm, Sea Coconut, Fan Palm, 糖棕 |
What is the Borassus palm used for?
From the past Borassus flabellifer leaves are used for making water tight buckets, hats, fancy boxes and for the strong wiry fiber. The old and mature leaves are used to fashion into twine and for fencing and also used into the soil as organic manure enrichment.
Borassus flabellifer, commonly known as doub palm, palmyra palm, tala or tal palm, toddy palm, lontar palm, wine palm, ထန်းပင် (htan-pin) or ice apple, ...
This palm is native to India, Sri Lanka and Malaya. Near white flowers appear in pendant clusters from the leaf axils in late spring to early summer. Male and ...
Native to South and Southeast Asia, in the Indomalaya ecozone. It's a palm tree of the Sugar palm group, is found from Indonesia to Pakistan.
Dec 30, 2016 · Here's one growing in Melbourne, Florida. There's supposedly a very large one in the same city that was planted sometime in the 80's, but I ...
Rank, Scientific Name and Common Name. Kingdom, Plantae - Plants. Subkingdom, Tracheobionta - Vascular plants. Superdivision, Spermatophyta - Seed plants.
Borassus flabellifer L., commonly known as doub palm, palmyra palm, tala palm, toddy palm, wine palm or ice apple, is native to the Indian subcontinent and ...
In India, the tree is referenced in the “Tala Vilasam,” a famous Tamil poem, as a “tree of life” with 801 uses ranging from food and medicine to carpentry and ...
toddy palm. Classification. Kingdom. Plantae - Plants. Subkingdom. Tracheobionta - Vascular plants. Superdivision. Spermatophyta - Seed plants. Division.
"Palmyra palm" redirects here. For the species known as palmyra palm, see Borassus flabellifer. Borassus (palmyra palm) is a genus of five species of fan palms, ...
Borassus flabellifer is an evergreen Tree growing to 20 m (65ft) by 6 m (19ft) at a medium rate. See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 10.