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Chrysalidocarpus mananjarensis

Chrysalidocarpus mananjarensis
Photo: KATHERINE WAGNER-REISS, CC BY-SA 4.0

Chrysalidocarpus mananjarensis is a rare, clustering palm native only to eastern Madagascar, threatened by habitat loss. It is rarely grown outside its native range, and where it is cultivated it needs warm, humid, sheltered conditions.

Family
Arecaceae (Palm family)
Grows as
Tree, Palm
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during the growing season and let the top few centimetres dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Rich, well-draining potting mix or loamy garden soil with added organic matter.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
E. Madagascar
Climate
wet tropical

About

Chrysalidocarpus mananjarensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is a palm tree found only in Madagascar. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Other Dypsis plants

Chrysalidocarpus baronii · Chrysalidocarpus canescens · Chrysalidocarpus lanceolatus · Chrysalidocarpus madagascariensis · Chrysalidocarpus onilahensis · Chrysalidocarpus pembanus · Chrysalidocarpus piluliferus · Butterfly Palm · Vonitra antanambensis · Chrysalidocarpus arenarum · Dypsis beentjei · Talanoka

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chrysalidocarpus mananjarensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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