Hyphaene petersiana

Hyphaene petersiana Mart. (Hyphaene ventricosa Kirk)

Common names

Vegetable ivory palm; Northern lala palm (English); chimbili, kambili, lubale, mukoma (Bemba/Kunda); mulaza, mulaza-kakoma (Kunda); kako-malala (Bemba/Kunda); kakoma (Bemba/Kunda/Nyanja); mlala, mlaza (Nyanja); mulala (Tumbuka).

General description and distinguishing characteristics

Range and habitat

Valley riverine fringe woodland and thicket. Levees and sand deposits of major rivers