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Borassus akeassii

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HomeTreeBorassus akeassii

Savannahs, often in close proximity to human settlements.

Family: Arecaceae
Height: 10 m / 33 ft
Sun
Light, Medium and Heavy Soil
Dry to Moist

Plant Rating

Edible Uses: 4 of 5
Medicinal Uses: 2 of 5
Other Uses: 3 of 5

Native Habitat

African Fan Palm Borassus akeassii native habitat is Savannahs, often in close proximity to human settlements.

Edible Uses

The apical bud is hollowed out and the resulting sap is collected and fermented. The wine is made for sale enhancing local earnings), to drink at traditional ceremonies, as well as forming a part of the balanced diet in many rural areas, and used for aphrodisiac preparations. Excessive tapping of the sap kills the plant. Fruit - fresh or dried. Eaten as a food supplement. The fruit is 15cm in diameter and is produced in large clusters. The endosperm of immature seeds - raw. Young seedlings - eaten as a vegetable like asparagus. The terminal bud of the palm is used as palm cabbage. Eating this bud leads to the eventual death of the plant since it is unable to produce side shoots.

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