PACSOA - Dypsis mcdonaldiana
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Dypsis mcdonaldiana
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Synonymy:
None

Common Names:
None

Distribution:
Mountains of south-east Madagascar.

Habitat:
Rainforest.

Description:
A small to medium sized clustering palm, with up to 20 stems, to about 5m tall.

General:
Named after McDonalds Restuarants, who funded 4 years of reasearch into Madagascan palms.

Culture:
Warm, sheltered and moist.


Figure 1. A young plant of D. mcdonaldiana

Reference: The Palms of Madagascar by Dr. John Dransfield, and Dr. Henk J. Beentje.
 
Contributed by: Steve Prescott


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