| Picture | Title | Caption | Copyright |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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 |
Datasheet
Borassus flabellifer (toddy palm)
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Top of pageIdentity
Top of pagePreferred 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
Top of page- Domain: Eukaryota
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Spermatophyta
- Subphylum: Angiospermae
- Class: Monocotyledonae
- Order: Arecales
- Family: Arecaceae
- Genus: Borassus
- Species: Borassus flabellifer
List of Pests
Top of pageMajor host of:
Bactrocera dorsalis (Oriental fruit fly); Phytophthora palmivora (coconut budrot)Minor host of:
Aceria guerreronis (coconut mite); Bactrocera tau; Candidatus Phytoplasma palmae (lethal yellowing (LY)); Ceratocystis paradoxa (black rot of pineapple); Rattus exulans (Pacific rat); Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (red palm weevil)Host of (source - data mining):
Palmicultor palmarum (palm, mealybug (USA)); Pestalotiopsis palmarum (grey: palm leaf spot)Uses List
Top of pageEnvironmental
- 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
Top of pageCharcoal
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