Phoenix reclinata
Clustering palm often forming extensive thickets; stem 10-12 m long; leaves arcuate, 2-3.5 m long; leaflets 80-130 on each side of rachis, regularly arranged distally in one plane of orientation but medial and basally arranged in groups of 3-5; fruits ovoid-ellipsoid to almost obovoid, 13-20 mm long and 7-13 mm in diameter, yellow to bright orange when ripe.
This species occurs throughout tropical and subtropical Africa, northern and south-western Madagascar and the Comoro Islands (Barrow, 1998). This is a common lowland species, reported by Darbyshire & Cheek (2004) and Baker (2010) growing up to 1570-1650 m in North-West Cameroon.
Phoenix reclinata grows in extremely different habitats including seasonally inundated areas, riverine forest, and coastal savannahs and even in rain forest conditions (Barrow, 1998).