Arecaceae FAMILY Data Deficient

Dypsis ankaizinensis

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Dypsis ankaizinensis is a robust-growing, solitary-stemmed evergreen palm[ 314 Title Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia. Publication Author Website http://www.pacsoa.org.au/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Contains at least a little information on the majority of palm and cycad species, plus a wealth of photographs. A first class website. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. This species has not been recorded from the wild since 1924 - however, the the range of this species has been poorly explored botanically and a detailed search in the area is likely to find specimens. Threats to it are unknown, but over-exploitation for the palm heart may be a problem if the population is very small. The plant is classified as 'Data Deficient' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2011)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAfrica - northern Madagascar.

HabitatHumid montane forest, growing on the summit part of the Tsaratanana mountains at elevations between 1,700 - 2,400 metres[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].