Dypsis leptocheilos
(Hodel) Beentje & J.Dransf.
Family
:
Arecaceae
Synonym
:
Neodypsis leptocheilos
Hodel
Common Names
:
Redneck Palm, Teddy Bear Palm
Flowering Period
:
November - April
Distribution
:
Native to West Madagascar
Habitat
:
Grown as ornamental plant
Habit
:
Tree
Uses
:
Ornamental palm.
Key Characters
:
Trunk solitary, white, waxy, powdery, prominently ringed with old leaf scars; crownshaft fuzzy red, powdery. Fronds pinnate (feather-shaped), glossy, ascending to spreading; leaflets dark green, pendulous, 45 cm long and 2.5 cm wide; leaf sheathes, red and fuzzy. Inflorescences branched, cream, up to 1 m long, emerging from below the leaves. Fruits globose, dark brown.
