Chrysalidocarpus madagascariensis (commonly known as the lucuba palm) is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is a palm tree endemic to northern and western Madagascar, where it grows in lowland rain forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Madagascar bamboo palm being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Roystonea borinquena
- Syagrus romanzoffiana
- Roystonea regia
- Bactris gasipaes
- Wodyetia bifurcata
- Pseudophoenix vinifera
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Arecales
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Dypsis
- Species
- Dypsis madagascariensis
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