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Hyophorbe is a genus of five known species of flowering plants in the family Arecaceae, native to the Mascarene Islands in the Indian Ocean. All five species can attain heights of over 6 meters, and two of the species develop swollen trunks that have made them popular as ornamentals, but all of them are endangered in the wild.
It contains the following species:
Loneliest palm · Palmiste poison · Bottle palm · Hyophorbe vaughanii · Palmiste marron
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