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Type of: Dypsis sancta Rakotoarin. & J.Dransf.

Collector Byg, A.
Number 1
Collected with  
Country Madagascar
Subpart TOAMASINA
County  
Locality Prefecture Fenoarivo Atsinanana, Sub-prectureVavatenina, Vatovelona forest, ca. 10 km south of the village Manakambahiny 1, buffer zone for the Zahamena strict nature reserve (Réserve Naturelle Intégrale), protected area with controlled extraction of forest products, closed forest with undergrowth, steep slope near river and small foot path.
Coordinates 17° 40' S 49° 0' E
Minimum elevation (m) 580
Maximum elevation (m) 580
Start date 1998/10/12
End date 1998/10/12
Family Arecaceae
Identification Dypsis sancta Rakotoarin. & J.Dransf.
Determined by W. Eiserhardt
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Slender, solitary tree; trunc 10 m high, straight and unarmed; dbh 5 cm; crown with 6 expanded leaves and one emerging: crownshaft 50 cm long, pale green; petiole 15 - 20 cm long, green with reddish-brown scales, adaxial side flat and abaxial side round; rachis 80 cm long, green, adaxial side channeled, abaxial side round; leaves pinnate, reduplicate, 25 - 30 pinnae on each side of rachis, regularly arranged, ca. 3 cm apart, central pinnae ca. 30 cm long; inflorescence interfoliar, branched to 3rd order, 10 - 15 1st order branches, 10 cm long, total length of inflorescence 50 - 60 cm

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