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Ravenala
Ravenala is a genus of flowering plants with a single species, Ravenala madagascariensis, commonly known as traveller's tree or traveller's palm, from Madagascar. It is not a true palm (family Arecaceae) but a member of a monocotyledonous flowering plant family, Strelitziaceae. The genus is closely related to the southern African genus Strelitzia and the South American genus Phenakospermum. Some older classifications include these genera in the banana family (Musaceae). Although it is usually considered to be...
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Traveller's Palm
speciesRavenala madagascariensis
Ravenala blancii
speciesRavenala blancii
Ravenala hladikorum
speciesRavenala hladikorum
Ravenala agatheae
speciesRavenala agatheae
Ravenala grandis
speciesRavenala grandis
Ravenala menahirana
speciesRavenala menahirana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 68066.