Palms   Dypsis pembana

Common Names: Pemba Palm Conservation Status: Vulnerable Distribution & Habitat: Found only in rainforest on Pemba, a small island off the coast of Tanzania in eastern Africa. Description: An attractive, medium sized, clustering palm to about 12m tall, with slender, smooth, strongly ringed trunks. It has dark green, elegant, leaves with close, evenly arranged leaflets, up to 2.4m long. General: Not often seen in cultivation, but should be. Culture: Sunny, moist, but well drained position in the tropics or sub-tropics. Fast growing, but probably not frost tolerant.

Figure 1. D. pembana

Figure 2. D. pembana trunk detail

Contributed by:

Al Bredeson (Figure 1&2)

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