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Dypsis mananjarensis
Arecaceae FAMILY Near Threatened

Dypsis mananjarensis

Dypsis mananjarensis

Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitEvergreen Tree
Growth—

Prefers a position in full sun to light shade[1]. Grows best in a well drained soil[1]. Some Dypsis species apparently related to Dypsis mananjarensis have been reported as sources of palm heart: Dypsis prestoniana Beentje. They are all even more rare than Dypsis mananjarensis[2].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Dypsis+mananjarensis>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia. — http://www.pacsoa.org.au/ ↩︎Contains at least a little information on the majority of palm and cycad species, plus a wealth of photographs. A first class website.
  2. [2]Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. — http://www.prota.org ↩︎An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
  3. [3]IUCN Red List of Threatened Species — http://www.iucnredlist.org/ ↩︎A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
  4. [4]Heart of Palm Use: A Family Survey — Scott Zona, Ph.D. · Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Virtual Herbarium. · http://www.virtualherbarium.org/palmresearch/Hearts_of_Palm_table.html ↩︎An on-line article listing the botanical names and range of palm trees that have an edible apical bud.
  5. [5]Assessing Ethnobotanical Knowledge and Resources, Lokaro Reserve, SE Madagascar — Lehman A.D. · 2009 ↩︎A thesis, in PDF format, by Ashley Davis Lehman of the University of Montana, Missoula, MT.
  6. [PFAF]Plants for a Future — pfaf.org ↩︎