Description:

• Borassusflabelliferare trees with stem obscurely hoped and leaves simple, palmate; leaflets, split.
• The crown is composed of approximately 60 large, fan-shaped leaves.
• It prefers dry or moist soil and can tolerate drought.

Uses:

• The fruit is edible and eaten raw.
• The young plant used to treat biliousness, dysentery and gonorrhea, young roots are anthelmintic and diuretic.
• A decoction is given in certain respiratory diseases. Dried roots can also be smoked to heal nasal complaints.
• Toddy production, fodder.