Dypsis gronophyllum
Family: Arecaceae Palm Tree
Common Name: None known
Cold Hardiness Zone: 10a View the UK and US zone maps
Dypsis gronophyllum Information
Identification
A newly described species from Fianarantsoa, Vondrozo, Madiorano, Anivontany, Madagascar, in valley just beneath the road to Ivohibe, 10 km west of Madiorano, in a swamp rich of herbaceous plants in submontane forest, at 656 m elevation. Slender undergrowth palm, clustering of 2 to 5 stems, 3m 50 tall, 1 cm diam., internodes 1-3 cm long, leaves pinnnate, 7-12 in the crown, 9 leaflets in each side of the rachis, leaflest preamorse, inflorescence interfoliar, branched to 2 orders.
Species information currently being revised.
Distribution
Native to: Madagascar
656 m elevation.
Location: Madagascar (-22.493742°N, 47.074284°E)
Observations
Map may not represent the complete natural distribution. (Markers display observation data).