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Dypsis lutescens (Wendl.) Beentje & Dransf.

Synonym:  Chrysalidocarpus lutescens Wendl.

ARECACEAE

Local Names : മഞ്ഞ പന, Yellow palm.

Flowering Period : Throughout the year.

Distribution : Madagascar.

Uses: ornamental.

Exotic : Yes.

Stem smooth, up to 7.5 cm in diameter, greyish-green, ringed with distinct leaf scars; crownshaft yellowish-green. Fronds pinnate, yellowish-green to bright green (usually the older fronds will have leaflets with yellowish tips), spirally-arranged, soft, gracefully arching outward and downward, 1.6 to 2 m long, consisting of about 40 to 50 pairs of narrowly lanceolate leaflets. Inflorescences yellow, occurring at the base of the crownshaft. Fruits oblong, about 1.7 cm long, asymmetric, ripening from yellow to purple.