Palms   Dypsis integra

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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