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<big>''[[Dypsis mananjarensis]]'' (Jum. & H.Perrier) Beentje & J.Dransf.</big>
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:Protologue: J.Dransf. & Beentje, The palms of Madagascar: 163 (1995).
== Synonyms ==
*''Chrysalidocarpus mananjarensis'' Jum. & H.Perrier (1913), *''Chrysalidocarpus fibrosus'' Jum. (1922). == Vernacular names ==
== Origin and geographic distribution ==
''Dypsis mananjarensis'' provides good quality palm heart, which is slightly bitter. The bark produces fibre that was formerly much used by the local population. The wood is very hard and used for making planks for houses. In a young stage the palm can be used as an ornamental for in-house decoration; older plants are attractive in gardens and parks.
== Botany Description ==
*Palm with solitary trunk 6–25 m tall and up to 30 cm diameter; crown shaft up to 1.6 m long. Leaves 6–10 in the crown, tristichous, pinnately compound; sheath 0.6–1.6 m long, petiole up to 12 cm long, rachis 3–3.5 m long; leaflets 120–150 on each side of the rachis, irregular or in groups of 3–7, basal leaflets up to 150(–300) cm long, median leaflets up to 135 cm long. *Inflorescence below the leaves, c. 150 cm long, branched to 3 orders; peduncle 18–40 cm long, arching, branches pendulous; bracts up to 120 cm long; rachis up to 100 cm long, branches up to 60 cm long, with male and female flowers. *Flowers unisexual, 3-merous; male flowers with 6 stamens and a rudimentary pistil; female flowers with superior, apparently 1-celled ovary and rudimentary stamens. *Fruit a globose drupe 4–6 mm in diameter, 1-seeded. *Seed globose, 3.5–4.5 mm in diameter; endosperm uniform. ''Dypsis'' comprises about 140 species, all endemic to Madagascar except 2 occurring in Comoros and 1 on Pemba Island. Some ''Dypsis'' species apparently related to ''Dypsis mananjarensis'' have been reported as sources of palm heart: ''Dypsis madagascariensis'' (Becc.) Beentje & J.Dransf., ''Dypsis pilulifera'' (Becc.) Beentje & J.Dransf., ''Dypsis prestoniana'' Beentje and ''Dypsis tsaravoasira'' Beentje. The first species is more important for its timber, the other ones are even more rare than ''Dypsis mananjarensis''.
== Other botanical information ==
''Dypsis'' comprises about 140 species, all endemic to Madagascar except 2 occurring in Comoros and 1 on Pemba Island.
Some ''Dypsis'' species apparently related to ''Dypsis mananjarensis'' have been reported as sources of palm heart: ''[[Dypsis madagascariensis]]'' (Becc.) Beentje & J.Dransf., ''[[Dypsis pilulifera]]'' (Becc.) Beentje & J.Dransf., ''[[Dypsis prestoniana]]'' Beentje and ''[[Dypsis tsaravoasira]]'' Beentje. The first species is more important for its timber, the other ones are even more rare than ''Dypsis mananjarensis''.
== Ecology ==
== Author(s) ==
* W.J. van der Burg , PROTA Network Office Europe, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 341, 6700 AH Wageningen, Netherlands
== Correct citation of this article ==
van der Burg, W.J., 2004. '''Dypsis mananjarensis''' (Jum. & H.Perrier) Beentje & J.Dransf. [Internet] Record from PROTA4U. Grubben, G.J.H. & Denton, O.A. (Editors). PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa / Ressources végétales de l’Afrique tropicale), Wageningen, Netherlands. <http://www.prota4u.org/search.asp>.
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