''Borassus akeassii'' is a species of palmyra palm which is native to west and central

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

. It occurs from

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...

Congo-Kinshasa The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

. It was first described in 2006, having previously been confused with ''

Borassus aethiopum ''Borassus aethiopum'' is a species of ''Borassus'' palm from Africa. In English it is variously referred to as African fan palm, African palmyra palm, deleb palm, ron palm, toddy palm, black rhun palm, rônier palm (from the French). It is wides ...

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Borassus flabellifer ''Borassus flabellifer'', commonly known as doub palm, palmyra palm, tala or tal palm, toddy palm, wine palm or ice apple, is native to South Asia (especially in Bangladesh & South India) and Southeast Asia. It is reportedly naturalized in Socot ...

''.Bayton, Ross P.; Ouédraogo, Amadé; Guinko, Sita. 2006. "The genus ''Borassus'' (Arecaceae) in West Africa, with a description of a new species from Burkina Faso." ''Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society'', Vol. 150, No. 4, April 2006, pp. 419-427(9)(abstract)
/ref> It is used by local people for a variety of purposes, particularly sap extraction. P1080368- Borassus akeassii (fruits et nids de Tisserin).jpg, Canopy with fruit and weaver nests Borassus ake-assii MS 1315.JPG, Fruit

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akeassii Flora of West Tropical Africa Plants described in 2006 {{palm-stub