Ravenea musicalis

Beentje

Arecaceae

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Plants can grow in slowly flowing water

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Madagascar

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Plant growing in native habitat

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Floods are no problem!

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Fort Dauphin, Madagascar

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Seedlings

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Fruiting plants

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Madagascar

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Fruits

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Fort Dauphin, Madagascar

General Information

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.

Known Hazards

Botanical References

Range

Habitat

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.

Properties

Conservation Status Critically Endangered Other Uses Rating Habit Evergreen Tree Height 6.00 m Self-fertile No Cultivation Status Wild

Cultivation Details

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.

455 Title Flore de Madagascar et des Comores Publication Author Humbert H. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle; Paris Year 1946 - 1984 ISBN Description Written in French, an excellent flora of the area though it has not been completed. Available for download from the Internet.

Edible Uses

Medicinal

Other Uses

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.

Propagation

Ravenea musicalis is a single-stemmed, evergreen palm tree growing up to 8 metres tall. The unbranched stem can be 30 - 40cm in diameter, it is topped by a crown of 14 - 16 leaves that can be up to 1.8 metres long.The trunks are sometimes felled for local use to make canoes.About 450 trees have been seen in the single known site for this palm. The population is declining. There are a number of threats to this species including habitat clearance along the river banks for agricultural expansion and the plants and their seed are harvested for the horticultural trade. Palms are also sometime felled to make canoes. The plant is classified as 'Critically Endangered' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[].None knownAfrica - southeast Madagascar.Slowly flowing water, from 50 - 150cm deep, in lowland rivers at elevations up to 50 metres[].The plant grows in water that can be up to 2.5 metres deep.Seedlings start their lives as submerged aquatics with flaccid foliage; once the stem has emerged, leaves become rigid[].A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required[].None knownNone knownThe trunks are sometimes felled and used to make canoes[].Seed -