Palms
 
Dypsis lanceolata![]()
Synonymy:
Chrysalidocarpus lanceolatusCommon Names:
Ivovowo PalmConservation Status:
VulnerableDistribution & 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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