Palms
Dypsis tsaravoasira
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Synonymy:
None
Common Names:
None
Distribution:
North-eastern Madagascar.
Habitat:
Steep upper slopes, and ridgetops in rainforest.
Description:
A very attractive, large, solitary, tristichous palm, to about 20m tall.
Leaves are upright, but droop at the tips.
General:
The name tsaravoasira
apparantly means "good with salt"
in the local language. It thus doesn't really need to be said
that the palm heart is eaten.
Culture:
Sunny, moist, but well drained position.
Becoming very popular with palm collectors.
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Figure 1. D. tsaravoasira
in habitat, Madagascar.
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Reference:
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The Palms of Madagascar by Dr. John Dransfield, and Dr. Henk J. Beentje.
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Contributed by:
| Dr. Hugh Kunze (Figure 1).
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