Borassus aethiopum
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Borassus aethiopium is a dioecious palm species native to Africa where it grows in savannas and woods. The name is Latinized for 'Ethiopian' where the species is known; it is commonly called palmyra palm, as are all the plants in the genus.
Description
They grow swelling, solitary trunks to 25 meters in height and 1 m in diameter at the base. The green, 4 meter leaves are carried on 2 meter petioles which are armed with spines. The crown is spherical to 7 m wide, the leaves are round with stiff leaflets, segmented a third or half-way to the petiole. In male plants the flower is small and inconspicuous; females grow larger, 2 cm flowers which produce yellow to brown fruit resembling the coconut containing up to 3 seeds.