Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants
Dypsis decaryi
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Photo: Mark Hyde
Harry Pichanick Drive, Alexandra Park
Photo: Mark Hyde
Harry Pichanick Drive, Alexandra Park
Photo: Mark Hyde
Harry Pichanick Drive, Alexandra Park
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| Synonyms: |
Neodypsis decaryi Jum. |
| Common names: | Triangle palm (English) |
| Description: | Solitary palm. Leaf bases bulging and overlapping, pale, almost white, bearing reddish tomentum. Leaves pinnate, reduplicate, radiating in 3 vertical rows (hence the common name). Leaflets blue-green or grey-green with brown ramenta on the underside near the rhachis. Inflorescence to 1.5 m long, branched to 3 orders. Male and female flowers in same inflorescence, creamy yellow. Fruits yellow-green. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | decaryi: after French naturalist Raymond Decary (1891-1973), who collected the type specimen. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Endemic to Madagascar. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Dypsis decaryiAfrican Plant Database: Dypsis decaryi
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Dypsis decaryi
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Dypsis decaryi
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Dypsis decaryi
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