Dypsis tsaravoasira Beentje

  • Filed As

    Arecaceae
    Dypsis tsaravoasira Beentje

  • Collector(s)

    J. Dransfield JD6463 with A. N. Henderson, M. Staniforth, 11 Feb 1988

  • Location

    Madagascar. Maroanstetra. Andranofotsy River, Sahavary, hills east of village, Andilampananina.

  • Habitat

    Steep hillslope near ridgetop, primary forest.

  • Description

    Tall solitary palm to 25m tall, dbh ca. 25cm, trunk priminently ringed above, scarcely below, diameter decreasing to 15cm near the crown; internodes ca. 15cm, pale brown. Leaves ca. 6 in the crown, 3-ranked; crownshaft green, swollen, ca. 1.5m long; reins conspicuous, pendulous; petiole absent or very short, rachis strongly arcuate, ca. 3.5m long; leaflets 102 on each side of the rachis, equidistant, ± in one plane, les conspicuously so near the tip, mid green. Inflorescence infrafoliar, branching to three orders; peduncle 25cm, strongly curved; prophyll 35cm, persistent; peduncular bract apparently longer, caucous; ca. 20 axes green; rachillae ca. 120, pendulous, ca. 40cm; young fruit green, rounded. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 00682907

    Occurrence ID: 4a36baa6-5fb0-4ba8-9109-89988cb45a64

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  • Region

    Africa

  • Country

    Madagascar

  • Locality

    Maroanstetra. Andranofotsy River, Sahavary, hills east of village, Andilampananina

  • Elevation

    Alt. 400 m. (1312 ft.)

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