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In Singapore: Madagascar Big-Leaved Palm, Darian Palm, Ravimbe (Grown in Singapore)
Marojejya darianii is a rare palm tree from the rainforests of northeastern Madagascar, known for having the largest undivided leaves of any tree, up to about 9 m long. It is critically endangered and grown mainly by specialist collectors in warm, humid conditions.
Marojejya darianii, the big-leaf palm or Ravimbe Palm, is a species of flowering palm tree in the Palm Family (Arecaceae or Palmae). It is found only in the rainforests of northeastern Madagascar and was completely unknown to the larger world until 1984 when it was discovered by Dr. Mardy Darian. It is critically endangered, and threatened with extinction due to habitat loss. It is important because it bears the largest simple leaves (undivided, unlobed) of any known tree; up to thirty feet (9.1 meters) long by up to four feet (1.2 meters) wide.
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Marojejya darianii 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.
