Hyphaene coriacea
# Hyphaene coriacea

Hyphaene coriacea, the lala palm or ilala palm is a species of palm tree native to the eastern Afrotropics. It occurs in eastern Africa from Somalia to Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa, and is also found in the coastal flats of Madagascar and on Juan de Nova Island in the Mozambique Channel Islands.

## Uses

The spongy pulp of the hard, brown fruit is edible and the fruit is eaten and sold in Madagascar. The flavour has been compared to raisins and raisin bran.

