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.
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Figure 1. D. pembana
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