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| Collector | Dransfield, J. |
| Number | JD6455 |
| Collected with | A.N. Henderson & M. Staniforth |
| Country | Madagascar |
| Subpart | Maroanstetra |
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| Locality | Andranofotsy River, Sahavary, hills east of village. Steep hillslope, primary forest. |
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| Minimum elevation (m) | 150 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 150 |
| Start date | 1988/02/11 |
| End date | 1988/02/11 |
| Family | Arecaceae |
| Identification | Dypsis procera Jum. |
| Determined by | W. Eiserhardt |
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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 2-4 very broad 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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