Native to 31 botanical countries across Africa; introduced into Trinidad-Tobago (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

December 14, 2003

Location

Ghana, Eastern, Akuapim (Aburi, Aburi Botanic Gardens)

5.8512, -0.17296

Location Remarks

Aburi village, 30 km north of Accra

Collectors

No collectors specified

Not collected.

December 6, 2003

Location

Cameroon, Southwest

3.950278, 9.238333

Location Remarks

Southeast of Limbe, Dikolo Peninsula. Bimbia Mangrove Nature Trail.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Arecales

Family

Arecaceae

Genus

Borassus

Specific Epithet

aethiopum

Authorship

Mart.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 4.8

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.3

Global rank

#154,682 of 335,497

Top 47%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →