Arecaceae

Ake Assi's palmyra palm

Borassus akeassii Bayton, Ouédr. & Guinko

Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Borassus

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Ake Assi's palmyra palm (Borassus akeassii) — FruitPhoto: Ben Costamagna, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (5)

Arabic: بوراس أكياسي
arz: بوراس اكياسى
Chinese: 扇葉糖棕, 阿氏糖棕, 阿克阿斯糖棕, 阿氏树头榈, 非洲扇叶棕
English: Ake Assi's palmyra palm
Persian: براسوس آکئاسی

Synonyms

Borassus aethiopum var. domesticus A.Chev.

Photos

FruitPhoto: Ben Costamagna, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Matthew Blissett, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: RuB, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Marco Schmidt [1], CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Walther Dobbertin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Wolfgang Ahlmer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: RuB, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ben Costamagna, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: RuB, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Florin Feneru, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: RuB, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.