Borasseae
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Borasseae is a tribe in the palm subfamily Coryphoideae. The tribe ranges from southern Africa and Madagascar north through the Arabian Peninsula to India, Indochina, Indonesia and New Guinea. Several
Atakora Borassus aethiopum
Female flowers of Latania loddigesii
Male flowers of Lodoicea maldivica
Male flowers of Lodoicea maldivica emerging from catkin-like inflorescence
Bismarckia
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Bismarckia is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the palm family with Bismarckia nobilis being the only species in the genus and is endemic to western and northern Madagascar, where it grows in o
Borasseae
…In the palms of subtribe Hyphaenieae, both the male and female flowers are sunken within pits and the fruits are stalked and typically one-seeded. Bismarckia (1 sp., B. nobilis) and Satranala (1 sp., S. decussilvae) are endemic to Madagascar, Medemia (1 sp., M. argun) is restricted to Egypt and Sudan, while…
B.nobilis
Bismarckia nobilis – MHNT
Foliage and young flowers
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