Manarano palm (Beccariophoenix madagascariensis)

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Manarano palm

© Drew Avery
Manarano palm

© Dr Bill Baker / Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew / Palmweb
View of a Manarano palm in its habitat, Madagascar

© Henk Beentje / Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew / Palmweb
Manarano palm

© Henk Beentje / Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew / Palmweb
Base of Manarano palm leaves

© Henk Beentje / Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew / Palmweb
View from below, showing Manarano palm bracts

© John Dransfield / Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew / Palmweb
Young Manarano palm inflorescence enclosed in a thick peduncular bract that falls off, then the inflorescence expands

© John Dransfield / Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew / Palmweb
Manarano palm inflorescence after the thick bract has fallen, the flower bearing branches spreading out

© Henk Beentje / Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew / Palmweb
Close-up of Manarano palm flower buds borne in groups of two male flowers and one female flower. Male buds yellow, narrow and female buds pale, fatter

© John Dransfield / Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew / Palmweb
Male flowers fallen at the foot of the Manarano palm

© Dr Bill Baker / Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew / Palmweb
Manarano fruits

© Henk Beentje / Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew / Palmweb
Almost mature Manarano fruits on a fruiting branch

© John Dransfield / Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew / Palmweb
Close-up of Manarano fruits, most having dropped from the fruiting branches

© Henk Beentje / Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew / Palmweb