Borassus flabellifer
(toddy palm)

Pictures

Picture	Title	Caption	Copyright
Title Line artwork Caption 1. habit of female palm 2. habit male palm 3. leaf 4. male inflorescence branch 5. female inflorescence 6: infructescence 7: fruit with three pyrenes (cross-section) Copyright PROSEA Foundation	Line artwork	1. habit of female palm 2. habit male palm 3. leaf 4. male inflorescence branch 5. female inflorescence 6: infructescence 7: fruit with three pyrenes (cross-section)	PROSEA Foundation
Title B. flabellifer - line drawing Caption B. flabellifer: 1, habit female palm; 2, habit male palm; 3, leaf; 4, male inflorescence branch; 5, female inflorescence; 6, infructescence; 7, fruit with 3 pyrenes (cross-section). Copyright PROSEA Foundation	B. flabellifer - line drawing	B. flabellifer: 1, habit female palm; 2, habit male palm; 3, leaf; 4, male inflorescence branch; 5, female inflorescence; 6, infructescence; 7, fruit with 3 pyrenes (cross-section).	PROSEA Foundation

Identity

Preferred Scientific Name

• Borassus flabellifer L.

Preferred Common Name

• toddy palm

Other Scientific Names

• Borassus flabelliformis L. (1774)
• Borassus sundaicus Becc.

International Common Names

• English: fan palm; palmyra palm; palmyrah; Sea-apple; toddy; wine palm
• French: Borasse; palmier à sucre; rondier; rônier

Local Common Names

• Brazil: palmira
• Cambodia: thnaot
• Germany: Faecherpalme; Lontaropalme; Palmyrapalme
• Indonesia: lontar; siwalan; tal; tala
• Italy: Palma da ventagli
• Malaysia: lontar; tah; tai
• Myanmar: tan bin
• Thailand: not; tan; tan-yai
• Vietnam: loost; noost; thoost; thoost noot

EPPO code

• BASFL (Borassus flabellifer)

Taxonomic Tree

• Domain: Eukaryota
•     Kingdom: Plantae
•         Phylum: Spermatophyta
•             Subphylum: Angiospermae
•                 Class: Monocotyledonae
•                     Order: Arecales
•                         Family: Arecaceae
•                             Genus: Borassus
•                                 Species: Borassus flabellifer

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Uses List

Environmental

• Agroforestry
• Windbreak

Fuels

• Charcoal
• Fuelwood

General

• Ornamental

Human food and beverage

• Beverage base
• Fruits
• Honey/honey flora
• Sugar
• Vegetable

Materials

• Fibre
• Wood/timber

Medicinal, pharmaceutical

• Source of medicine/pharmaceutical
• Traditional/folklore

Wood Products

Charcoal

Roundwood

• Building poles
• Piles
• Posts
• Roundwood structures
• Transmission poles

Sawn or hewn building timbers

• Beams
• Bridges
• Carpentry/joinery (exterior/interior)
• Engineering structures
• For heavy construction
• For light construction