Conservation Status:
Endangered.
Distribution & Habitat:
Rocky soils in lowland coastal rainforest thru to rather dry forest
in eastern Madagascar.
Description:
A small clustering palm with up to 12 stems, and between 0.5 and 2 metres tall.
It has long, narrow, entire leaves with a a small notch in the end.
Culture:
Warm, sheltered and moist.
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Figure 1. D. simianensis
seedling.
| Contributed by:
| Colin Wilson (Figure 1)
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