Arecaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Dypsis pinnatifrons

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Dypsis pinnatifrons is a solitary-stemmed evergreen palm growing up to 12 metres tall. The thin, unbranched stem is topped by a crown of leaves that can each be up to 2 metres long[ 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. A very attractive palm that is grown as an ornamental. The leaves, which are up to about 2 metres long, are dark maroon when young, then turn a dark, shiny green as they mature. They can be widely spread over the stem, which gives the head of the palm a very distinctive character[ 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. ]. A very popular collectors palm, although it should be far more widely grown, given its attractiveness, and ease of culture[ 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. ]. This palm is frequent in each piece of lowland rainforest in Madagascar. More than 2,500 individuals are estimated to occur in the 71 recorded localities for this species. The main threat is habitat loss through clearance for shifting agriculture and logging. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' 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 and eastern Madagascar.

HabitatLowland and montane rainforest[ 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. ]. An undergrowth palm of the lowland and submontane rainforest, frequent on gently sloping terrain, occurring at elevations from sea level to 1,200 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. ].