Arecaceae FAMILY Critically Endangered

Dypsis tokoravina

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Dypsis tokoravina is an evergreen palm. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. A rare palm with less than 30 mature trees known in the wild. The current population trend is decreasing. Trees are felled in order for the seeds to be harvested for the international horticultural trade. The plant is classified as 'Critically Endangered' 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 - northeastern Madagascar.

HabitatOccurs in lowland rainforest where this species occurs at the edge of swamps in valley bottoms and on ridge tops. Recorded from 10 up to 500 m[ 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. ].