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Borassus flabellifer L.
Synonym: Borassus flabelliformis L., Thrinax
tunicate (Lour.) Rollisson.
ARECACEAE
Local
Names: കരിമ്പന,
Sugar Palm, Toddy Palm.
Flowering Period : March to September.
Distribution : Native of Africa
Uses: Toddy Making.
Exotic : Yes.
Trees with stem obscurely hoped
and Leaves simple, palmate; leaflets, split. Spadices interfoliar, large,
dioecious. Male flowers are small, clustered; Sepals are oblong. Petals are
obovate. Stamens 6. Female flowers are large, globose. Perianth fleshy. Sepals
imbricate. Petals are smaller, convolute. Ovary globose. Ovules basal. Stigmas
3, sessile, recurved. Fruit is a Drupe, yellow black when ripe.
