Palms   Dypsis lanceolata

Synonymy: Chrysalidocarpus lanceolatus Common Names: Ivovowo Palm Conservation Status: Vulnerable Distribution & Habitat: Comoro Islands rainforest at elevations between 300 and 1000 metres. Description: A very attractive, medium sized clumping palm, to about 6m, similar to D. cabadae . It has very wide, glossy, dark green leaflets with white petioles and green ringed bamboo like trunks. Culture: Lightly shaded, well drained position. Cold sensitive. Becoming very popular with palm collectors.

Figure 1. D. lanceolata

Figure 2. D. lanceolata

Figure 3. D. lanceolata trunks.

Contributed by:

Clayton York, Utopia Palms & Cycads (Figure 1,2&3)

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