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Traveller’s palm

Ravenala madagascariensis, Fam. Strelitziaceae


Palm-like tree 7-15m tall, with distinctive fan shaped crown, clump forming.

Weed Category: Other invasive plants
Invasive plants that are not prohibited or restricted invasive plants, but are known to spread readily and cause negative impacts, within the region.
Weed: Yes
Form or habit: Palm or palm-like plant
Family: Strelitziaceae
Leaf: Simple Alternate
Simple, alternate large banana-like, up to 300 x 100mm, borne on long stalks in 2 opposite rows.
Flower conspicuous: Conspicuous
Flower colour:

White

Flower description: Small white in a cluster enclosed in a boat-shaped spathe to 500mm long.
Fruit conspicuous: Conspicuous
Fruit colour:

Brown

Fruit: Dry
Fruit description: Brown, oblong woody capsules, to 80mm. Numerous oblong seeds, 10mm in diameter, black with blue cover.
Habitat:
Distribution
Food source for:
Toxicity: No toxicity known
Origin: Madagascar
Notes: Spread by: birds, garden waste, water and suckers. Invades/threats: creek banks, open wetlands and Melaleuca forest. Notes: garden escapee. Seeds thought to be edible. Environmental weed.
Information sources: Mackay Regional Pest Management Group (2018) Weeds of the Mackay Whitsunday Region Second Edition.

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