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Long, narrow leaves grow only at the top of the trunk, like a palm tree. It rarely branches. Plants grown outdoors will reach up to 6 m (20 ft), but when grown indoors it will slowly reach 1.2–1.8 m (3.9–5.9 ft) tall. Plants grown outdoors develop large, white, fragrant flowers at the top of the plant. They rarely flower indoors.
Ravenala madagascariensis, commonly known as the traveller's tree, traveller's palm or East-West palm, is a species of monocotyledonous flowering plant found in Madagascar. It is not a true palm but a member of the family Strelitziaceae .
Bismarckia is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the palm family with Bismarckia nobilis being the only species in the genus and is endemic to western and northern Madagascar, where it grows in open grassland. [3] [4] [5] Bismarckia nobilis is widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. [6]
Palm genera that are endemic to Madagascar are Beccariophoenix, Bismarckia, Dypsis, Lemurophoenix, Marojejya, Masoala, Ravenea, Satranala, Tahina, and Voanioala. [ 5 ] Other large monocot families include the Pandanaceae with 88 endemic pandan ( Pandanus ) species, mainly found in humid to wet habitats, and the Asphodelaceae , with most species ...
Although formerly considered to be monotypic, four different forms have been distinguished. [3] [4] Five new species were described in 2021, all from Madagascar. [5]The following species are currently recognised in the genus Ravenala: [6]
Pachypodium baronii is a robust, globose (spherical)- to bottle-shaped shrub in habit. Its trunk is subglobose, not quite globose or spherical, mostly narrowed at the base with dimensions of 20 to 40 cm (8 to 15.5 in) in length by 20 cm (8 in) by 50 cm (19.5 in).
Tahina spectabilis, the tahina palm, also called blessed palm or dimaka is a species of gigantic palm (family Arecaceae, or Palmae) that is found only in the Analalava District of northwestern Madagascar where its range is only twelve acres (4.8 hectares), one of the most extreme examples of endemism known.
Ravenea is a genus of 20 known species of palms, all native to Madagascar and the Comoros. [1] [2]They are small to large, dioecious palms, with solitary, robust grey stems, swollen at base and gradually tapering upward.