EXSICCATAE #:    00624359
TROPICOS #:      21500398
TAXON:           Ravenala madagascariensis Sonn.
COUNTRY:         Madagascar
PROV|DEPT|DIST:  Toamasina
LOWER POLITICAL: 
LOCALITY:        Nosy Mangabe RS
BETWEEN/AND:     
VICINITY:        Nosy Mangabe, a 520 ha island in the Bay of Antongil, 5 
                   km from Maroantsetra. 
ELEV:            0-330 m
COORD:           15.30S 49.46E
COLLECTOR:       G.E. Schatz & J.S. Miller 
NUMBER:          2570
COLL.DATE:       9 January 1989
INSTITUTIONS:    MO, P, TAN
SPECIMEN INFO:   Tree 20 m tall; unbranched; petiole ca. 2 m long; leaf 
                   blades ca. 1.7 m long, medium green; inflorescence with 
                   13 bracts, reddish green with white glaucous cover; all 
                   flower parts cream white; pollen yellowish; voucher 
                   for nectar sample. Photo.
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