Beccariophoenix fenestralis
COMMON NAME | Giant Windowpane
Palm |
TYPE | Palm |
FAMILY | Arecaceae |
NOTES | The species name
“fenestralis” is derived from the Latin word fenestra, which means
window. It’s name comes from the
leaflets on younger plants that are only partially divided from each other,
where there appear to be ‘windows’ in the leaves between the leaflets. Older
specimens do not display the windowpanes as the leaflets completely divide
from each other. |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION | Endemic to Madagascar |
NATIVE HABITAT | Grows in lowland and
montane forest, with slightly open canopy usually in poor soils overlying
white sand or on soils typical of coniferous or boreal forests on ridge-tops. |
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