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Balaka is a genus of 11 known species in the palm family, Arecaceae or Palmae. Seven species are native to the islands of Fiji and four to Samoa. The genus was first proposed and published in Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg 2: 91. 1885, from two species originally in the genus Ptychosperma (P. perbrevis and P. seemannii).
Balaka longirostris · Balaka macrocarpa · Balaka microcarpa · Balaka pauciflora · Balaka samoensis · Balaka Palm · Balaka siliensis · Balaka streptostachys · Balaka tahitensis · Balaka insularis
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