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Each value Trefle shows for Borassus flabellifer, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced3 Source not recorded9 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	L.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Sp. Pl.: 1187 (1753)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1753	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Palmyra palm	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	India to Indo-China, Jawa to Lesser Sunda Is.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	2750 cm	2750 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 214, 540	Sourced
Edible part	fruits	fruits · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Fruit color	brown, purple, black	black, brown, purple · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 540	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded

Borassus flabellifer L., 1753 14% complete

Palmyra palm

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