Food Plants International

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English: Palmyra like palm Scientific name: Borassus heineana Becc.
Tok pisin: Synonyms:
Tok ples: Plant family: Arecaceae
Description: A large palm which has separate male and
female trees. The fruit is in 3 sections.
Distribution: It occurs in Papua New Guinea in groves
in headlands projecting into the Sepik River and also
occurs along the Sepik plain.
Cultivation: It grows from seed.
Production: Fruit get too dry when old, so are eaten when young.
Use: The young fruit are eaten.
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