Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :

• Borassus aethiopium Mart. -> Borassus aethiopum Mart.
• Borassus aethiopum Mart.
• Borassus flabellifer L. A
• Borassus flabellifer L. var. aethiopum Warb. -> Borassus aethiopum Mart.
• Borassus flabelliformis Murr. -> Borassus flabellifer L.
• Borassus madagascariensis Bojer & Becc.
• Borassus sonneratii Giseke -> Lodoicea maldivica (J. F. Gmel.) Pers.

SYNONYM(S) : Borassus aethiopium Mart. (spelling variant)

AFRIKAANS : Borasusspalm.

AMHARIC : Zembaba.

ARABIC : Daleib (Sudan), Deleib, Delieb.

BEMBA : Chibangalala, Kakoma, Kambili.

ENGLISH : African fan palm, African palmyra palm, Black-rum palm, Borassus palm, Deleb palm, Selati palm.

FRENCH : Rondier, Rônier.

GERMAN : Delebpalme.

HAUSA : Giginya.

MALAY : Lontar.

PORTUGUESE : Palmeira-abânico.

SWAHILI : Mchapa, Mtappa, Mvomo.

YORUBA : Abgon eye.

SYNONYM(S) : Borassus flabelliformis Murr.

ARABIC : Dôm, Tâl, Shag el mûql.

BENGALI : Taala.

CHINESE : Shan ye shu tou zong, Shan ye tang zong, Shan ye zi (Taiwan).

DANISH : Palmyrapalme.

DUTCH : Lontar, Lontarpalm, Palmyrapalm.

ENGLISH : Doub palm (USA), Great fan palm, Lontar palm (USA), Palmyra palm, Tala palm, Tal-palm, Toddy palm (USA), Wine palm.

FINNISH : Palmyrapalmu.

FRENCH : Borasse, Palmier de Palmyre, Rondier, Rônier.

GERMAN : Borassuspalme, Lontaro, Palmyrapalme, Weinpalme.

GUJARATI : Taada.

HINDI : Taad (Tad), Tad mar, Tala.

ITALIAN : Palma del ferro, Palma del Sagù, Palma di Palmira.

JAPANESE : Parumira yashi, Ougi yashi , Ougi yashi.

KHMER : Dom thuot.

MALAY : Lontar, Arrak (name of brandy or palm ?).

MARATHI : Taad, Tadh.

NEPALESE : Taadii, Taal.

PORTUGUESE : Broção, Palmira, Palmeira de leque, Palmeira de palmira.

RUSSIAN : Lontarovaia pal'ma, Pal'mira, Pal'mirova pal'ma.

SINHALESE : Tuak (name of beer or palm ?).

SPANISH : Boraso, Palma palmira.

SWEDISH : Palmyrapalm.

TAMIL : Karimabana, Pannei.

TELUGU : Karatalamu, Tatichettu.

THAI : Maktan (Don Daeng), Tan (Taan), Taan tanot, Taan yai.

TURKISH : Tal.

URDU : Taad.

VIETNAMESE : .

MALAGASY : Befelatanana, Dimaka, Marandravina.

ENGLISH : Sambirano palmyra palm.

Bittle Bill, 1999, Common Names of Common (and Uncommon) Palms, Virtual Palm Encyclopedia, Palm & Cycad Societies of Florida. USA.

EURODICAUTOM, On-line Technical Dictionary in 12 languages provided by the European Commission < http://eurodic.echo.lu/cgi-bin/edicbin/EuroDicWWW.pl?page=expert > (Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Latin with authority names)

Mabberley D.J. 1997, The Plant-Book : a Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants, 2d Edition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.

USDA, ARS, 2000, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl? borassus (04 November 2001).

Wiersema J. H. & León B. 1999, World Economic Plants : a Standard Reference. CRC Press LLC.

Xie Zongwa & Yu Youqin (Editors), 1996, Materia Medica, Chinese Terminology, Vol. 1, Renminweisheng Publishing House Beijing, China. (Latin with authority names and Chinese-simplified, text in Chinese).

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