Borassodendron borneense

J. Dransf.

Bindang palm

Arecaceae Edible: Palm heart, Fruit, Cabbage 9 iNaturalist observations

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Description

A solitary fan palm. It grows 20 m tall. The trunk is 30 cm across. The leaves spread out like fingers on a hand. The flowering stalks come from among the leaf bases. The male flower is a long thick branch which hangs down. It is branched. The female flower is unbranched. The fruit are round and glossy. They are 8 cm across. They are green to purple.

Edible Uses

The immature fruit is edible, as is the palm heart, which has a crisp, sweet, and fragrant taste. The cabbage (inner core) is also edible.

Traditional Uses

The immature fruit is edible. The palm heart is edible. It has a crisp, sweet and fragrant taste.

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Distribution

A tropical plant. It grows in lowland rainforest.

Where It Grows

Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sarawak, SE Asia,

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds.

Other Uses

The stems are sawn into boards and used for house construction.

Production

It is a slow growing palm.

Notes

There are 2 Borassodendron species.

Also Known As

Mudor, Palem bindang

References (7)

Balick, M.J. and Beck, H.T., (Ed.), 1990, Useful palms of the World. A Synoptic Bibliography. Colombia p 214
Davis, S.D., Heywood, V.H., & Hamilton, A.C. (eds), 1994, Centres of plant Diversity. WWF. Vol 1 or 2. p 363
Dransfield, J., 1972, The genus Borassodendron (Palmae) in Malesia. Reinwardtia 8(2):351-363
Haynes, J., & McLaughlin, J., 2000, Edible palms and Their Uses. University of Florida Fact sheet MCDE-00-50-1 p 3
Johnson, D.V., 1998, Tropical palms. Non-wood Forest products 10. FAO Rome. p 44

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Riffle, R.L. & Craft, P., 2003, An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms. Timber Press. p 274
Sukarya, D. G., (Ed.) 2013, 3,500 Plant Species of the Botanic Gardens of Indonesia. LIPI p 759