Background and aims–Borassus aethiopum Mart. is a wild palm species with high subsistence importance in West Africa. Extensive agriculture and overharvesting of its stem and fruits for multiple uses ...
Pohon lontar [Borassus flabellifer Linn.] terkenal dengan beragam manfaatnya. Di Indonesia, lontar setidaknya punya 56 nama lokal. Ini juga sejalan dengan beragam manfaat lontar, bahkan dijuluki ...
India (Madras Presidency): fruits, leaf-buds (or ‘cabbage’) and fusiform roots eaten; (Bombay Presidency): roots eaten; (Rajasthan): fusiform roots, fruits and leaf buds eaten. A cooling drink, Neera, ...
Chad (central), Sudan (central and south, especially southern Darfur and southern Kordofan): fruit (drupe) eaten by sucking the juicy fibres. It is described as tasting acid and bitter. The hypocotyl, ...