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Ravenala madagascariensis - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Nigeria; 5/2008 © Ralf Biechele

Ravenala madagascariensis - Leaf insertion - Click to enlarge!

Leaf insertion; Nigeria; 5/2008 © Ralf Biechele

Ravenala madagascariensis - Persistent leaf bases on the upper part of the trunk - Click to enlarge!

Persistent leaf bases on the upper part of the trunk; Nigeria; 10/2006 © Ralf Biechele

Ravenala madagascariensis - Trunk - Click to enlarge!

Trunk; Nigeria; 10/2006 © Ralf Biechele

Ravenala madagascariensis - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Nigeria; 10/2006 © Ralf Biechele

Dataset

Identifier: 1626
Date of entry: 11.03.2011
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Traveller's Tree

German: Baum der Reisenden

Portuguese: Árvore-do-viajante

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Liliopsida (397)

      Order: Zingiberales (26)

        Family: Strelitziaceae (4)(family description)

          Genus: Ravenala (1)

            Epithet: madagascariensis Sonn. (1)

madagascariensis => from Madagascar

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habit: tree

Flower colour: green, beige

External links

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