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Taxon:  Ravenala madagascariensis Sonn.



Summary
Genus:
Ravenala
Family:
Strelitziaceae
Nomen number:
30899
Place of publication:
Voy. Indes orient. 2:223[quarto], 3:244[octavo], t. 124-126. 1782
Verified:
03/20/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
  1. Abbiw, D. K. Useful plants of Ghana. 1990 Note: Intermediate Technology Publications & Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  3. Ansel, J.-L. 2006. L'arbre du voyageur in Les Saveurs des arbres. 14.
  4. Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. Flores des Mascareignes. 1976-
  5. Dransfield, J. & H. Beentje. The palms of Madagascar. 1995 Note: mentions
  6. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
  7. Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
  8. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  9. Llamas, K. A. Tropical flowering plants: a guide to identification and cultivation. 2003
  10. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
  11. Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003
  12. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). http://www.prota4u.info/
  13. Webster's third new international dictionary. 1961
Common names
English
traveler's-palm –
traveler's-tree –
French
arbre du voyageur –
ravenale –
German
baum der Reisenden –
Malagasy
ravinala –
Spanish
palma de viajero –
Swedish
de resandes träd –
Distribution
Native
Africa
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized
Africa
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Mauritius, Reunion
Economic Uses
Environmental
Weed
(fide Invasive Pl Spec) –


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