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Madagascar or Travelers Palm

Ravenala madagascariensis

Habitat:

Panama

Notes:

Prevalent in our Panama trip. This one is located on the beach of Bocas del Drago on Isla Colon, Panama.

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traveller's palm
Ravenala madagascariensis Ravenala


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2 Comments

TerryBerry
TerryBerry 9 years ago

Interesting Scott. It was a beautiful sight standing all alone like this. The others I saw were hidden in the jungle amongst many other plants.

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 9 years ago

Pachypodium lamerei is marketed as the "Madagascar Palm" but both that species and yours (Ravenala madagascariensis) are not true palms.

TerryBerry
Spotted by
TerryBerry

Bocas del Toro, Panama

Spotted on Feb 11, 2015
Submitted on Mar 9, 2015

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