Palms   Dypsis heterophylla

Synonymy: Numerous Common Names: None Habitat: The north east coast of Madagascar. Description: A small clustering palm (altho often appearing solitary), to about 2.5 m tall. It gets its name however from the wide variation in leaf shape that it can possess, from simple bifid leaves, thru to pinnate, with up to 13 leaflets. General: ??? Culture: Warm, sheltered and moist.

Figure 1. 2 very different forms of D. heterophylla , both from the same batch of seed.

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Ian Edwards

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