The experimental study was conducted at the university of cocody ivory coast. Fruits morphological parameters weight, diameter and pulp thickness from two most producing agro ecological zones of cameroon were measured. Borassus aethiopum, a potential medicinal source of antioxidants, antiinflammatory and antimicrobial agents article pdf available october 2015 with 392 reads how we measure reads. The tree of borassus aethiopum which belongs to the palmaceae family is found mainly in the transitional and sa vanna zones of ghana and the west african subregion it may also be found in marshy areas and by stream sides in the savanna areas. Biological activities of leaves of ethnomedicinal plant. Borassus aethiopum can form dense almost monospecific forest stands or is a component of more diverse riverine forest. Determination of phenolic compounds, procyanidins, and.
Pdf borassus aethiopum, a threatened multiple purpose. But unlike the case for borassus, there are no african species of corypha, and though greatly influenced by human usage, the distribution for corypha clearly reflects an underlying natural. Borassus flabellifer, commonly known as doub palm, palmyra palm, tala palm, toddy palm, wine palm, or ice apple is native to the indian subcontinent and southeast asia, including nepal, india, bangladesh, sri lanka, cambodia, laos, burma, thailand, vietnam, malaysia, indonesia and the philippines. Fruits and hypocotyls are the most exploited parts which collectionharvest threats the species. Giginya borassus aethiopum palm is a tall tree with leathery, gray green, and fanshaped leaves. Antidiabetic effect of aqueous fruit extract of borassus aethiopum mart. It is reportedly naturalized in pakistan, socotra, and parts of china. Sensory analysis of the fruit juice of palmyrah palm borassus aethiopum. Notes on distribution, propagation, and products of. Leaves crowded on top of the stem, fanshaped, bluegreen up to 4 m including the petiole. However, this species is so far understudied, which prevents its sustainable development as a resource. Borassus aethiopum is a species of borassus palm from africa. A trained panel of assessors is an analytical instrument to accurately.
Soda pdf merge tool allows you to combine pdf files in seconds. Two borassus aethiopum at fairchild tropical garden blown over by hurricane andrew. Borassus akeassii is an evergreen tree growing to 10 m 32ft by 5 m 16ft at a slow rate. However, it is as the main component of palm savannas for which it is best known. Borassus aethiopum the young germinating shoot of this african palm tree is used as an aphrodisiac in nigeria. International science congress association 1 studies on antivenom activities of ficus iteophyla miq and borassus aethiopum plant extracts against naja mossandica snake venom sarkiyayi s. Vernacular names edit wikidata borassus aethiopum english. Borassus flabellifer, borassus aethiopum, palmira palm. African fan palm, borassus palm, deleb palm, palmyra palm, ron palm afrikaans. Our pdf merger allows you to quickly combine multiple pdf files into one single pdf document, in just a few clicks. Borassus aethiopum african fan palm, palmyra palm pfaf. Borassus aethiopum is an evergreen tree growing to 20 m 65ft by 5 m 16ft at a slow rate.
Other articles where borassus aethiopum is discussed. A very large palmate palm, with a hard, black trunk, and a skirt of dead leaves underneath the crown. Some engineering properties of palmyra palm tree borassus aethiopum germinating. The board of trustees of the royal botanic gardens, kew. Stems erect, up to 20 m, with a distinct swelling above the middle. Transferability, development of single sequence repeat. It is, however, a challenge to find detailed information on the ritual use of palms, which are an inextricable part of african medicinal and spiritual systems.
Studies on functional properties of borassus starch from. Potential for utilisation of borsassus aethiopum fan palm. This free online tool allows to combine multiple pdf or image files into a single pdf document. The record derives from wcsp data supplied on 20120323 which reports it as an accepted name record 23000 with original publication details.
Jardine in somerset on the cape york peninsula of northern queensland. Studies on sprouting, germination and seedlings of. In the eastern region of burkina faso, the construction of kompiengas dam for hydroelectricity production in 1987 destroyed hundreds of feet of borassus some, c. Yes borassus aethiopum is an unbranched palm growing up to 20 m tall, characterized by a crown up to 8 m wide. Shrikes feed on fruits of the date palm, and in northeastern queensland, australia, the cassowary ingests fruits and disperses seeds of several rainforest palms calamus and linospadix. Pdf merge combine pdf files free tool to merge pdf online. Moreover, dried stevia rebaudiana bertoni leaves showed increased. In particular, their male inflorescences were reported to exhibit cicatrizing, antiseptic and fungicidal properties. Borassus aethiopum, shoots, albino rats, liver function, kidney function. In english it is variously referred to as african fan palm, african palmyra palm, deleb palm, ron. Borassus akeassii african fan palm pfaf plant database.
Palmyrah palm borassus aethiopum shoots muruchi into leafy. We studied over 200 publications on uses of african palms and found information. Influence of ethanolic extract of borassus flabellifer l. Palms arecaceae are prominent elements in african traditional medicines. It is mainly grown as a toddy palm and for the edible root shoot which is cooked as a vegetable. Sensory, panel, acceptability, pectinase, borassus aethiopum. Borassus aethiopum is a species of borassus palm from. Sprouting borassus aethiopum fruits in polyethene bags was not successful irrespective of number of days under observation whether dehusked or undehusked.
The nut is small, but the fibrous mesocarp around it smells like bubblegum. Ritual uses of palms in traditional medicine in sub. In the present study, the biological activity of e2f2, an apolar extract from borassus aethiopum male inflorescence was. Stem to 2530 m tall and to 40cm in diameter at breast height, almost always ventricose reaching a diameter of 8085 cm about 10 m above the base of the stem. Borassus aethiopum mart arecaceae is a plant used in traditional herbal medicine for the treatment of various diseases bronchitis, laryngitis, antiseptic. General information the palmyra palm is a very tall, singlestemmed evergreen palm tree that can eventually reach a height of 30 metres.
For mail orders, please contact us at 619 291 4605. Sustainable exploitation of borassus aethiopum, elaeis. Couple of palmyra palms borassus aethiopum left male, right female 11924875423. Ars germplasm resources information network boae integrated taxonomic information system boae wildlife. Pdf borassus aethiopum, a potential medicinal source of. In the rural areas of developing countries palms are major sources of many products. Borassus species, african palmyra palm, borassus palm. Research confirms that this plants compounds have anabolic properties that significantly increase protein synthesis while concomitantly reducing protein breakdown. Sixteen students and employees were selected as judges based on willingness to consume borassus juices and no history of negative allergic reactions. There are only two fruiting borassus aethiopum trees in the us, both being in florida.
We studied over 200 publications on uses of african palms and found information about ritual. The results can also be downloaded as a csv file unicode utf8 encoding see status, confidence level, source for definitions. Studies on antivenom activities of ficus iteophyla miq and. Antimicrobial activity of me, nf, cf and af from the leaves of borassus flabellifer linn.
The unbranched stem can be up to 1 metre wide at the base, narrowing to 40 50cm at around 4 metres and thereafter cylindrical. Sensory analysis of the fruit juice of palmyrah palm. Borassus flabellifer is a robust tree and can live more than 100 years and reach a height of 30 m 98 ft, with a canopy of greenbluish, leaves several dozen fronds spreading 3 meters 9. Utilization and commercialization of two mpts adansonia digitata and borassus aethiopum in sahelian environment of borno state, nigeria. These photos, taken in july, 2003, come from the one in miamis fairchild tropical garden. Possibility to use and combine different polymerisation chemistries appropriate for the particular. Drying the african palm tree borassus aethiopum, mart. In order to valorize the rapidly deteriorating fruits of the palm tree borassus aethiopum mart under hot and humid climate, drying assays for preservation were carried out. Agricultural industry foodcookingnutrition health, general criminal investigation decision making decisionmaking dextrose fructose fruit drinks research fruit juices glucose juices. As for borassus, the genus corypha straddles the wallace line with a distribution stretching from southern india to northern australia.
The palmyra, or toddy, palm borassus flabellifer l. Borassus flabellifer was noted to occur in queensland, australia by bailey 1902. A seedling was collected from a small population of mature palms and cultivated in the garden of frank l. Studies on sprouting, germination and seedlings of borassus aethiopum, a nigerian palm. Experimental comparison of combine performance with two harvesting. The tested samples exhibited erratic effect on bacterial strains being.
Sensory analysis of the fruit juice of palmyrah palm borassus. It is an important source of food for the rural people of. This female tree located close to a male one, was totally uprooted as it was in the path of hurricane andrew in august, 1992. Report by african journal of food, agriculture, nutrition and development. Borassus aethiopum african palmyrah palm shoots was analysed for its nutritional and antinutritional compositions. One of these is palm wine, which has an important role for nutrition, income and social life. These two huge specimens were later righted and braced. Combines pdf files, views them in a browser and downloads. The tree is said to be distributed through out west africa and as far as southern africa irvine. It is widespread across much of tropical africa from senegal to ethiopia and south to northern south africa, though it is largely absent from the forested areas of. In subsaharan africa, the fan palm borassus aethiopum mart. Systematic training of panelists to generate terms that describe and quantify the sensory characteristics of borassus juice enabled the profiling of the product. One study even found that an extract of borassus aethiopum increased muscle.
Numbers of individuals of a species may be few or many. Introduction rheumatoid arthritis ra is a kind of chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease1. Solomon musa dauda, ayuba audu balami, aminu lawal, desa ahmad. Nutritional and antinutritional profile of borassus aethiopum mart. Results of antibacterial activity are presented in table 1. Contribution of borassus aethiopum to peoples livelihoods in acaba sub county, oyam district. General information african fan palm is a robust to massive, singlestemmed, evergreen palm with an unbranched stem that can ultimately reach 20 30 metres long by 40 50cm diameter, swollen at the base to 85cm, and in old age at about 50 years also swollen above the midpoint to about 80cm diameter.
Dichloromethanemethanol extract from borassus aethiopum. Borassus aethiopum in world checklist of selected plant families. Species on this page a names approved by most authorities, s approved as synonyms. West african plants a photo guide borassus aethiopum mart.
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