PACSOA - Dypsis louvelii

Palms

Dypsis louvelii

Distribution & Habitat:
Montane forest along the central east coast, Madagascar.
Description:
A small understory palm to about 1 metre tall, with long, entire, deeply bifid, corrugated leaves. Leaf usually entire bifid, altho occasionally divided into 3 leaflets either side. It has a red new leaf.
Culture:
Warm, sheltered and moist.

Figure 2. D. louvelii with red new leaf.

Figure 1. D. louvelii .

Figure 3. D. louvelii with seeds.

Contributed by: Mike Gray (Figure 1)
Clayton York, Utopia Palms & Cycads (Figure 2&3)

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Contributed by:	Mike Gray (Figure 1)
	Clayton York, Utopia Palms & Cycads (Figure 2&3)