Bismarckia is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the palm family with Bismarckia nobilis being the only species in the genus and is endemic to western and northern Madagascar, where it grows in open grassland.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Bismarck Palm being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Copernicia prunifera
- Borassus akeassii
- Hyphaene petersiana
- Borassus aethiopum
- Hyphaene coriacea
- Corypha utan
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Arecales
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Bismarckia
- Species
- Bismarckia nobilis
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