Traveler's-Palm

Ravenala madagascariensis

Sonn. Species

Ravenala madagascariensis
Zoltán Stekkelpak via iNaturalist — CC0 1.0
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Botanical name
Ravenala madagascariensis
Also known as
Traveler's-Palm, Traveler's-Tree
Family
Strelitziaceae
Genus
Ravenala
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Traveler's-Palm

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Ravenala madagascariensis but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Heliconia ravenala Urania madagascariensis Urania ravenala Urania speciosa

Others in Ravenala

Ravenala grandis
Ravenala hladikorum
Ravenala blancii
Ravenala agatheae
Ravenala menahirana

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