Ethiopian palmyra palm
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The Ethiopian Palmyra palm ( Borassus aethiopum ), also Rônierpalme , is a Central and West African species of the family palmaceae (Arecaceae).
description
The Ethiopian palmyra palm is the largest of all African palm species. It usually reaches heights of growth up to 20 meters, rarely up to 33 meters with a mean diameter of 40 to 50 centimeters, at the base up to 85 centimeters, above the center in old individuals up to 80 centimeters. The leaf stalks are prickly, the leaves palmat.
The plants are dioecious separately sexed ( diocesan ). The female plants bear large yellow to orange fruits at maturity.
distribution
Borassus aethiopum occurs in the Sudan zone from Burkina Faso to the Central African Republic, it inhabits dry savannas .
use
The use includes the production of palm wine , the consumption of seedlings as vegetables and the use of the leaves for mats, baskets, fans, hats and other wickerwork.
The wood of the palm tree is highly valued for its resistance to rot and termite infestation in the region of the inland delta of the Niger for scaffolding components in mosques , such as toron beams in the clay mosques of Timbuktu .
literature
- Ross P. Bayton, Amadé Ouédraogo, Sita Guinko: "The genus Borassus (Arecaceae) in West Africa, with a description of a new species from Burkina Faso." In Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , Vol. 150, no. 4, April 2006, pp. 419-427 (9), 2006. (abstract)
- M. Arbonnier: Arbres, arbustes et lianes des zones sèches d'Afrique de l'Ouest. CIRAD. Montpellier, 2000, ISBN 2-87614-431-X
- J. Hutchinson, MJ Dalziel: Flora of West Tropical Africa , Volume 3, Part 1, 1958
- HM Burkill: The useful plants of west tropical Africa , Vol. 4, 1985
- Dorothee Gruner, The Lehmmoschee am Niger , documentation of a traditional building type, Franz Steiner Verlag Stuttgart, 1990, ISBN 3-515-05357-3
Web links
- Palm and Cycads Society
- Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.
- Borassus aethiopum in U. Brunken, M. Schmidt, S. Dressler, T. Janssen, A. Thombiano, & G. Zizka: West African plants - A Photo Guide , Senckenberg Research Institute, Frankfurt / Main, 2008.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dorothee Gruner, Die Lehmmoschee am Niger , p. 65 f. (see lit.)