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Dypsis decaryi (Jum.) Beentje & J. Dransf.

Triangle palm Three-cornered Palm

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000032
Common name: Triangle palm, Three-cornered Palm
English name: Triangle palm
Arabic name: نخيل مثلث
Native: Endemic to Madagascar
Country: Madagascar
(PGR): Common

Solitary palm to 7 - 15 m high, trunk round up to 40 cm in diameter  uniquely-looking, moderately fast-growing, drought tolerant, leaves arranged in three distinct vertical rows and overlapping leaf-bases, forming a triangle at the top of the trunk inflorescences moderately-branched, yellow to green, about 12 m long fruit ovoid, about 25 cm in diameter

Ornamental Palm.

Neodypsis decaryi Jum

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Texture: Clay Loam Sandy
Fertility: Low
Drainage: Well drained
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Subtropics
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time: Late spring
Zone: 10 : 13
pH range: 5.0–7.5
Status: Cultivated
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Palm
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Cultivation
pH: Acid Alkaline Neutral

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