Conservation Status:
Threatened
Distribution & Habitat:
Endemic to the Andohahela Special Reserve, Madagascar,
where it is found in submontane moist forest on slight or steep slopes,
occasionally near forest streams.
Description:
An attractive, medium to large solitary palm up to 10m tall,
with tristichous leaves, and attractive reddish speckled petioles.
Culture:
Likes a sunny, moist, but well drained position in the sub-tropics/tropics.
Fast growing.
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Figure 1. D. malcomberi
seedling petioles.
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Figure 2. D. malcomberi
seedling.
| Contributed by:
| Justen Dobbs (Figure 1&2)
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