Dypsis mcdonaldiana

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Figure 1. A young plant of D. mcdonaldiana

Distribution:

Mountains of south-east Madagascar.

Habitat:

Rainforest.

Description:

A small to medium sized clustering palm, with up to 20 stems, to about 5m tall.

General:

Named after McDonalds Restuarants, who funded 4 years of reasearch into Madagascan palms.

Culture:

Warm, sheltered and moist.

Reference:

The Palms of Madagascar by Dr. John Dransfield, and Dr. Henk J. Beentje.

Contributed by:

Steve Prescott

External Links:

Kew, PalmWeb, eMonocot, JSTOR, Trebrown

Google, GoogleImages, Flickr, PalmTalk