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  • Dypsis madagascariensis (Becc.) Beentje & J. Dransf.

Dypsis madagascariensis (Becc.) Beentje & J. Dransf.

Lucuba palm

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000999
Common name: Lucuba palm
English name: Lucuba palm
Arabic name: ديبسس مدغشقر
Native: Madagascar
Country: Madagascar
(PGR): Rare

Medium sized, solitary or clustering grow 2-18 m tall, 7-20 cm in diam stem light green crown-shaft green, white waxy leaves pinnate arranged in vertical rows and arranged in two rows thus giving a fluffy appearance to the leaf fruit green turning purplish with waxy bloom, slightly obovoid or ellipsoid, 10-16 x 5-10 mm, pointed at the base or rounded at both base and apex

Ornamental palm. the wood is very hard. fruit edible. medicinal.

Chrysalidocarpus lucubensis Becc

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Texture: Adaptable Chalk Enriched soil Loam Medium loamy
Salinity: Intermediated
Water Sources: Well water
Climates: Subtropics
Lights: Full sun Light shade
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time: Late spring
Zone: 10 : 11
pH range: 6.1-6.5
Status: Least concern
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Palm
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Medicinal Ornamental Wood
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Sub tropical
pH: Mild acid Neutral

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