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Binomial name ... Borassus flabellifer , the Asian palmyra palm, is robust and can live 100 years or more and reach a height of 30 m, with a canopy of several dozen fronds spreading 3 meters across. ...
Aerial view of Angkor Wat The main entrance to the temple proper, seen from the eastern end of the Naga causeway Angkor Wat (or Angkor Vat) is a temple at Angkor, Cambodia, built for King Suryavarman II in the early 12th century as his state temple and capital city. ...
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Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of land plants. ...
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Family Arecaceae Arecales is the botanical order which includes only the palm family, Arecaceae. ...
Genera Many; see list of Arecaceae genera Arecaceae or Palmae (also known by the name Palmaceae, which is taxonomically invalid. ...
Carl Linnaeus, Latinized as Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as , (May 13, 1707[1] – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist[2] who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of nomenclature. ...
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 Ake Assi's Palmyra Palm ( Borassus akeassii), fruits. Borassus (Palmyra Palm) is a genus of six species of fan palms, native to tropical regions of Africa, Asia and New Guinea. They are tall palms, capable of growing up to 30 m high. The leaves are long, fan-shaped, 2 to 3 m in length. The flowers are small, in densely clustered spikes, followed by large, brown, roundish fruits. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution‎ (3,456 × 2,304 pixels, file size: 2. ...
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Fan palm as a descriptive term can refer to any of several different kinds of palms in various genera with leaves that are palmately (rather than pinnately) compound. ...
Genera Many; see list of Arecaceae genera Arecaceae or Palmae (also known by the name Palmaceae, which is taxonomically invalid. ...
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- Species
- Borassus aethiopium - African Palmyra Palm (and other names) (tropical Africa)
- Borassus akeassii - Ake Assi's Palmyra Palm (West Africa)
- Borassus flabellifer - Asian Palmyra Palm (southern Asia and southeast Asia)
- Borassus heineanus - New Guinea Palmyra Palm (New Guinea)
- Borassus madagascariensis - Madagascar Palmyra Palm (Madagascar)
- Borassus sambiranensis - Sambirano Palmyra Palm (Madagascar)
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Borassus akeassii Bayton, Ouédraogo & Guinko is a recently itendified Borassus palm in West Africa (western Burkina Faso). ...
Binomial name ... Borassus flabellifer , the Asian palmyra palm, is robust and can live 100 years or more and reach a height of 30 m, with a canopy of several dozen fronds spreading 3 meters across. ...
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Cultivation and uses Palmyra Palms are economically useful, and widely cultivated in tropical regions. The palmyra palm has long been one of the most important trees of India and Cambodia, where it is used over 800 different ways. The leaves are used for thatching, mats, baskets, fans, hats, umbrellas, and as writing material. In Indonesia the leaves of this plant are formerly used in the ancient culture as papers, known as lontar and also a Cambodian natural symbols tree that growing around Angkor Wat. Khmer call it Tnaot. The sugar palm can live 100 year or more. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2272 × 1704 pixel, file size: 1. ...
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Thatching is the art or craft of covering a roof with vegetative materials such as straw, reed or sedge. ...
A mat is a generic term for a piece of fabric or flat material, generally placed on a floor or other flat surface, and serving a range of purposes including: providing a regular or flat surface, such as a mouse mat protecting that which is beneath the mat, such as...
Four styles of household basket. ...
Fan may refer to the following: Fan (aficionado) (the bracketed word being the Spanish translation), someone who has an intense liking of a sporting. ...
A hat is an item of clothing which is worn on the head; a kind of headgear. ...
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Khmer can refer to, the: Khmer people, the ethnic group to which the great majority of Cambodians belong to Khmer language Khmer script Khmer Empire, which ruled much of Indochina from the 9th to the 13th centuries. ...
Leaves of suitable size and shape and texture, with sufficient maturity are chosen. The leaves are then seasoned by boiling in salt water with turmeric powder. This acts as a preservative. The leaves are then dried. When they are dry enough, the faces of the leaves are polished with pumice stone. Binomial name Linnaeus Turmeric (Curcuma longa) is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant of the ginger family, Zingiberaceae which is native to tropical South Asia. ...
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Specimen of highly porous pumice from Teide volcano on Tenerife, Canary Islands. ...
African Palmyra Palm fruit Then they are cut in the proper size. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,536 × 2,048 pixels, file size: 1. ...
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A hole is cut out in one corner. Each leaf will have four pages.
The writing is done with a stylus. The writing is of a very cursive and interconnected style.
The leaves are then tied up as sheaves.
The stalks are used to make fences and also produce a strong, wiry fiber suitable for cordage and brushes. The black timber is hard, heavy, and durable and is highly valued for construction. Look up stem in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
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The tree also yields many types of food. The young plants are cooked as a vegetable or roasted and pounded to make meal. The fruits are eaten roasted or raw, and the young, jellylike seeds are eaten also. A sugary sap, called toddy, can be obtained from the young inflorescence either male or female ones. Toddy is fermented to make a beverage called arrack, or it is concentrated to a crude sugar called jaggery. It is called Gula Jawa (Javanese sugar) in Indonesia and is widely used in the Javanese cuisine. In addition, the tree sap is taken as a laxative, and medicinal values have been ascribed to other parts of the plant. For other uses, see Vegetable (disambiguation). ...
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Leafhoppers and many other insects feed off plant sap Sap is the fluid transported in xylem cells (tracheids or vessel elements) or phloem sieve tube elements of a plant. ...
Arrack refers to strong spirits distilled mainly in South and South East Asia from fermented fruits, grains, sugarcane, or the sap of coconuts or other palm trees. ...
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Laxatives (or purgatives are foods, compounds, or drugs taken to induce bowel movements, most often taken to treat constipation. ...
This tree has a high respect in Tamil Culture. It is natural, then, to call it a "karpaha" or celestial tree, because all its parts without exception could be used by man.
In Tamil Nadu / Jaffna the seeds are planted and made to germinate and the fleshy stems (below the surface) are boiled and eaten. It is very fibrous and nutricious, known as "Panai Kizhangu" or "Panamkizhangu" in Tamil. The germinated seed's hard shell is also cut open to take out the crunchy kernel which tastes like a sweeter Water Chestnut. It is called "dhavanai" in Tamil and is one of the most delicious thing anyone can ever eat. The Palmyra tree is the official tree of Tamil Nadu.
The riped fibrous outer layer of the palm fruits are also boiled / heated in fire and eaten. When the fruit is tender the kernel inside the hard shell called Nungu Fruit in Tamil and Thati Munjalu in Telugu is like a jelly and very delicious as well. Nungu is the fruit of the Palmyrah Palm (from Tamil), abundant in South India. ...
When the crown of the tree is cut we get an edible cake from which the leaves grow out. This is called "Pananchoru" in Tamil.
External links
- http://www.pacsoa.org.au/palms/Borassus/index.html
- http://www.khemarinn.wordpress.com
- http://www.plantapalm.com/vpe/photos/Species/borassus_flabellifer.htm
- http://www.plantapalm.com/vpe/photos/Species/borassus_aethiopium.htm
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