chainfruit vs Elephant Palm

Alyxia ilicifolia compared with Borassus aethiopum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chainfruit	Elephant Palm
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Apocynaceae	Arecaceae
Genus	Alyxia	Borassus
Species	Alyxia ilicifolia	Borassus aethiopum

Evolutionary Relationship

chainfruit and Elephant Palm share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Magnoliophyta. (Flowering Plants)

Conservation Status

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

Elephant Palm

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	chainfruit	Elephant Palm
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

chainfruit

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Elephant Palm

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Guinea and Yemen.

chainfruit

The Chainfruit (Alyxia ilicifolia) is a species in the genus Alyxia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.