Hyphaene Coriacea
Hyphaene coriacea, the lala palm or ilala palm is a species of palm tree native to the eastern Afrotropics. It occurs in eastern Africa from Somalia to Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa, and is also found in the coastal flats of Madagascar and on Juan de Nova Island in the Mozambique Channel Islands.
| Lala palm | |
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| In Maspalomas Botanical Garden, Gran Canaria | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Genus: | Hyphaene |
| Species: | H. coriacea |
| Binomial name | |
| Hyphaene coriacea Gaertn., 1788 | |
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Uses
The spongy pulp of the hard, brown fruit is edible and the fruit is eaten and sold in Madagascar. The flavour has been compared to raisins and raisin bran.
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