Dypsis tanalensis
(Jum. & H. Perrier) Beentje & J. Dransf.
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
What to Eat
Edible parts: Cabbage, Palm heart, Vegetable
The palm heart, cabbage (from the growing tip), and other vegetable parts are eaten.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant.
Africa, East Africa, Madagascar,
Countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
A tropical palm in the family Arecaceae from Madagascar, now possibly extinct in the wild.
Notes
Dypsis tanalensis (previously Neodypsis tanalensis) in Madagascar is possibly now extinct.
Names & Synonyms
Neodypsis tanalensis Jum. & H. Perrier
References (3)
- Balick, M.J. and Beck, H.T., (Ed.), 1990, Useful palms of the World. A Synoptic Bibliography. Colombia p 121
- Grubben, G. J. H. and Denton, O. A. (eds), 2004, Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 2. Vegetables. PROTA, Wageningen, Netherlands. p 561
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
