Palms   Dypsis mananjarensis

Synonymy: None Common Names: None Habitat: East coast of Madagascar. Description: Tall, to 25m, solitary, tristichous palm, with slightly plumose leaves. General: As youngsters these palms apparantly have extremely vivdly coloured leaf petioles and rhachis; streaked with red, white and black. Culture: Full sun/light shade, well drained. Figure 1. D. mananjarensis at Utopia Palms&Cycads, SE Queensland. Contributed by: Michael Gray For further information try Monocot Checklist Palm Web