Borassus L.

Native to:

Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Guinea, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

China South-Central, Malaya, Mauritania, Socotra, Sulawesi, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

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Palmweb - Palms of the World Online

• J. Dransfield & N. Uhl & C. Asmussen & W.J. Baker & M. Harley & C. Lewis, Genera Palmarum. The evolution and classification of palms. 2008

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Flora of West Tropical Africa

• F.T.A. 8: 117.
• Sp. Pl. 1187 (1753)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

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• L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 494 (1754)
• Sp. Pl.: 1187 (1753)