PACSOA - Dypsis integra
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Conservation Status:
This species is thought to be extinct in habitat due to its last known locality being cleared in 1999.

Distribution & Habitat:
Rainforest on the east coast of Madagascar.

Description:
A small, clustering palm with stems about 5mm in diameter and up to 2m high which has leathery leaves that are almost entire with only a 5mm notch at the end. This species has the most entire leaf of all the Dypsis.

Culture:
Warm, sheltered, and moist.


Figure 1. D. integra at Utopia Palms&Cycads.


Figure 2. D. integra

Contributed by: Mike Gray (Figure 1)
Colin Wilson (Figure 2)


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