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Collector Dransfield, J.
Number JD6449
Collected with A.N. Henderson & M. Staniforth
Country Madagascar
Subpart Maroanstetra
County  
Locality Andranofotsy River, Sahavary, hills east of village, swamp at headwaters of Sahafotra River. Upland swamp forest in valley bottom.
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Minimum elevation (m) 350
Maximum elevation (m) 350
Start date 1988/02/10
End date 1988/02/10
Family Arecaceae
Identification Dypsis
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Field notes Slender palm, clustering, to 4m tall; stem ca . 15mm diam., internodes 8cm; crownshaft green with chocolate-coloured scales. Leaves 8 in the crown, irregularly pinnate, with 3-5 rather broad or narrow pinnae on each side of the rachis. Inflorescence at first interfoliar, then infrafoliar; peduncle 35cm; prophyll persistent, borne above the base of the inflorescence, enclosing the peduncular bract; inflorescence branching to 2 orders, with ca. 18 limp, pendulous rachillae. Stamens apparently 3.

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