Palmae Borassus aethiopum Mart.

| |	© P.Ekpe / NSBP

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Keywords in this picture :

• Fruit
• Flower & fruit
• Plant parts

Places where this species can be found :

• Mole National Park - NSBPGHANA
• Morago River Forest Reserve - NSBPGHANA

Specimen information

Collection Date
26/04/2005

Collector
Ekpe, P.

Specimen Number
180

Location
Along Kananto Camp to Lovi Camp road; edge of a stream.

Notes
Fan palm tree with a tall unbranched stem, about 15m tall and 20cm dbh, swollen above and narrow below. Stem black, very hard. Fruits large, about 10cm diameter, orange in colour with two hard nuts within. Elephants and mokeys eat the fruits.

Coordinates
Latitude: 9.149660 N   Longitude: 2.009990 W   Altitude: 0.0