Borassus akeassii

Botanical Description

Borassus akeassii is an evergreen, single-stemmed palm with an unbranched stem that can ultimately reach 15 metres long and 40 - 80cm in diameter. The stem is topped by a crown of 8 - 22 fan-shaped leaves each up to 3 metres long including the petiole[ 325 Title Seed Leaflets Publication Author Various Website http://en.sl.life.ku.dk/Publikationer/Udgivelser/PopulaerPublikationer.aspx?katid={D28373CC-6EF3-4EF8-B097-6D83FABF209E}&serieid={9F1C3DB1-6E7B-4CF1-AF53-F480B0CB40EF}&sort=title Publisher Forest & Landscape. Denmark Year 0 ISBN Description A series of leaflets, jointly produced by the University of Copenhagen and the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, focussing on seed information for a number species, but also giving a lot of other information about each plant. , 2113 Title A Revision of Borassus L. (Arecaceae) Publication Kew Bulletin, Vol. 62, No. 4 (2007), pp. 561-585 Author Bayton R.P. Website http://www.jstor.org/stable/20443389 Publisher Year 2007 ISBN Description ]. A multipurpose tree that is widely utilized for food, medicine and a wide range of commodities[ 314 Title Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia. Publication Author Website http://www.pacsoa.org.au/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Contains at least a little information on the majority of palm and cycad species, plus a wealth of photographs. A first class website. ]. All parts of the tree are used[ 314 Title Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia. Publication Author Website http://www.pacsoa.org.au/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Contains at least a little information on the majority of palm and cycad species, plus a wealth of photographs. A first class website. ]. In Burkina Faso, most populations are semi-managed for wine production[ 2113 Title A Revision of Borassus L. (Arecaceae) Publication Kew Bulletin, Vol. 62, No. 4 (2007), pp. 561-585 Author Bayton R.P. Website http://www.jstor.org/stable/20443389 Publisher Year 2007 ISBN Description ]. The wide utilization of this plant has greatly reduced the numbers of these palms in their native habitat[ 314 Title Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia. Publication Author Website http://www.pacsoa.org.au/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Contains at least a little information on the majority of palm and cycad species, plus a wealth of photographs. A first class website. ]. Borassus akeassii has a wide geographic distribution. Although the species is threatened at a local level by farming activities and also potentiallythreatened by palm wine extraction in some areas, its overall extent of occurrence is large and the threats are not thought to be affecting the species' survival overall. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2016)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].