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  • Ravenala grandis, contractile roots, Beforona, Madagascar, Photo Patrick Blanc

    Ravenala grandis, contractile roots, Beforona, Madagascar, Photo Patrick Blanc

  • Ravenala grandis, young individual with the base of the future stipe deeply buried in the soil due to the activity of contractile roots, Beforona, Madagascar, Photo Patrick Blanc

    Ravenala grandis, young individual with the base of the future stipe deeply buried in the soil due to the activity of contractile roots, Beforona, Madagascar, Photo Patrick Blanc

  • Patrick Blanc climbing on a hill to observe Ravanala grandis, Beforona, Madagascar, June 1998, photo Pascal Heni

    Patrick Blanc climbing on a hill to observe Ravanala grandis, Beforona, Madagascar, June 1998, photo Pascal Heni

  • Patrick Blanc and Nelson Rabenandrianina in the highly disturbed slopy Ravenala grandis habitat, Beforona, Madagascar, June 1998, photo Pascal Heni

    Patrick Blanc and Nelson Rabenandrianina in the highly disturbed slopy Ravenala grandis habitat, Beforona, Madagascar, June 1998, photo Pascal Heni

  • Patrick Blanc and Nelson Rabenandrianina digging out a Ravenala grandis seedling, Beforona, Madagascar, June 1998, photo Pascal Heni

    Patrick Blanc and Nelson Rabenandrianina digging out a Ravenala grandis seedling, Beforona, Madagascar, June 1998, photo Pascal Heni

  • Ravenala grandis, young individual with the base of the future stipe deeply buried in the soil due to the contractile roots, Beforona, Madagascar, Photo Patrick Blanc

    Ravenala grandis, young individual with the base of the future stipe deeply buried in the soil due to the contractile roots, Beforona, Madagascar, Photo Patrick Blanc

  • Ravenala grandis, hollowed stipes used by local populations for flooring in houses, Brickaville, Madagascar, photo Marcel Hladik

    Ravenala grandis, hollowed stipes used by local populations for flooring in houses, Brickaville, Madagascar, photo Marcel Hladik

  • Ravenala grandis, Ranomafana, Madagascar, photo David Scherberich

    Ravenala grandis, Ranomafana, Madagascar, photo David Scherberich

  • Ravenala grandis, symmetric sides of the fan leaf arrangement, two successive leaves producing inflorescences separated by four sterile leaves, Moramanga, Madagascar, photo Marcel Hladik

    Ravenala grandis, symmetric sides of the fan leaf arrangement, two successive leaves producing inflorescences separated by four sterile leaves, Moramanga, Madagascar, photo Marcel Hladik

  • Ravenala grandis, infructescences, Ranomafana, Madagascar, photo David Scherberich

    Ravenala grandis, infructescences, Ranomafana, Madagascar, photo David Scherberich

  • Ravenala grandis, between Ranomafana and Kianjavato, Madagascar, photo David Scherberich

    Ravenala grandis, between Ranomafana and Kianjavato, Madagascar, photo David Scherberich

  • Ravenala grandis, emerging new inflorescences and old infructescences with mature fruits, between Ranomafana and Kianjavato, Madagascar, photo David Scherberich

    Ravenala grandis, emerging new inflorescences and old infructescences with mature fruits, between Ranomafana and Kianjavato, Madagascar, photo David Scherberich

  • Ravenala grandis, leaf sheaths and infructescence, between Ranomafana and Kianjavato, Madagascar, photo David Scherberich

    Ravenala grandis, leaf sheaths and infructescence, between Ranomafana and Kianjavato, Madagascar, photo David Scherberich

  • Ravenala grandis, infructescence exposing the ripe capsular fruits in the open bracts, between Ranomafana and Kianjavato, Madagascar, photo David Scherberich

    Ravenala grandis, infructescence exposing the ripe capsular fruits in the open bracts, between Ranomafana and Kianjavato, Madagascar, photo David Scherberich

  • Patrick Blanc observing the inflorescence of Ravenala grandis, Beforona, Madagascar, June 1998, photo Pascal Heni

    Patrick Blanc observing the inflorescence of Ravenala grandis, Beforona, Madagascar, June 1998, photo Pascal Heni

  • Ravenala grandis, young nflorescence, Beforona, Madagascar, photo Pascal Heni

    Ravenala grandis, young nflorescence, Beforona, Madagascar, photo Pascal Heni

  • Ravenala agatheae, dense population of suckering individuals creating a so called Ravenala forest at the periphery of a seasonal swamp, Ambilobe, Madagascar

    Ravenala agatheae, dense population of suckering individuals creating a so called Ravenala forest at the periphery of a seasonal swamp, Ambilobe, Madagascar

  • Ravenala agatheae, Manehoko, Madagascar, photo David Scherberich

    Ravenala agatheae, Manehoko, Madagascar, photo David Scherberich

  • Ravenala agatheae, flowering and fruiting individuals, Manehoko, Madagascar, photo David Scherberich

    Ravenala agatheae, flowering and fruiting individuals, Manehoko, Madagascar, photo David Scherberich

  • Ravenala agatheae, inflorescences and old infructescences, Manehoko, Madagascar, photo David Scherberich

    Ravenala agatheae, inflorescences and old infructescences, Manehoko, Madagascar, photo David Scherberich

  • Ravenala agatheae, inflorescences and old infructescences, cultivated in Diego Suarez, Madagascar, photo David Scherberich

    Ravenala agatheae, inflorescences and old infructescences, cultivated in Diego Suarez, Madagascar, photo David Scherberich

  • Ravenala agatheae, green and white outer parts of leaf sheath and dark purple inside adaxial open parts, Diego Suarez, Madagascar

    Ravenala agatheae, green and white outer parts of leaf sheath and dark purple inside adaxial open parts, Diego Suarez, Madagascar

  • Ravenala agatheae, dark purple brown open sheath of the leaf, Diego Suarez, Madagascar

    Ravenala agatheae, dark purple brown open sheath of the leaf, Diego Suarez, Madagascar

  • Ravenala agatheae, dark purple brown striation in the open leaf sheath, Ambilobe, Madagascar

    Ravenala agatheae, dark purple brown striation in the open leaf sheath, Ambilobe, Madagascar

  • Patrick Blanc between Ravenala sp. nov. Gold and Green with long petioles and the more compact Ravenala agatheae, Ambatozavavy, Nosy Be, Madagascar, Aug. 2024

    Patrick Blanc between Ravenala sp. nov. Gold and Green with long petioles and the more compact Ravenala agatheae, Ambatozavavy, Nosy Be, Madagascar, Aug. 2024

  • Ravenala madagascariensis in acidic swampy lowgrounds with Pandanus sp. pl., Ambila Lamaitso, Madagascar, photo Patrick Blanc

    Ravenala madagascariensis in acidic swampy lowgrounds with Pandanus sp. pl., Ambila Lamaitso, Madagascar, photo Patrick Blanc

  • Ravenala madagascariensis, dense population of suckering individuals along a river bank, Brickaville, Madagascar, photo Patrick Blanc

    Ravenala madagascariensis, dense population of suckering individuals along a river bank, Brickaville, Madagascar, photo Patrick Blanc

  • Ravenala madagascariensis, reflection in a swamp, Ambila Lamaitso, Madagascar, photo Patrick Blanc

    Ravenala madagascariensis, reflection in a swamp, Ambila Lamaitso, Madagascar, photo Patrick Blanc

  • Ravenala madagascariensis in acidic swampy lowground, suckering habit and characteristic lax arrangement of the bracts in maturing infructescences, Ambila Lamaitso, Madagascar, photo Patrick Blanc

    Ravenala madagascariensis in acidic swampy lowground, suckering habit and characteristic lax arrangement of the bracts in maturing infructescences, Ambila Lamaitso, Madagascar, photo Patrick Blanc

  • Ravenala madagascariensis in acidic swampy lowgrounds, characteristic elongation of the axis between successive bracts in mature infructescences, Ambila Lamaitso, Madagascar, photo Patrick Blanc

    Ravenala madagascariensis in acidic swampy lowgrounds, characteristic elongation of the axis between successive bracts in mature infructescences, Ambila Lamaitso, Madagascar, photo Patrick Blanc

  • Ravenala madagascariensis, forest of suckering cespitose individuals at the base of slopes at low altitude, Brickaville, Madagascar, photo Patrick Blanc

    Ravenala madagascariensis, forest of suckering cespitose individuals at the base of slopes at low altitude, Brickaville, Madagascar, photo Patrick Blanc

  • Ravenala madagascariensis, forest of suckering cespitose individuals in swampy low ground at the base of slopes at low altitude, Brickaville, Madagascar, photo Patrick Blanc

    Ravenala madagascariensis, forest of suckering cespitose individuals in swampy low ground at the base of slopes at low altitude, Brickaville, Madagascar, photo Patrick Blanc

  • Ravenala madagascariensis, inflorescences with numerous bracts, with short internodes during anthesis then elongating during fruit maturation, Brickaville, Madagascar, photo Patrick Blanc

    Ravenala madagascariensis, inflorescences with numerous bracts, with short internodes during anthesis then elongating during fruit maturation, Brickaville, Madagascar, photo Patrick Blanc

  • Ravenala madagascariensis, juvenile or pseudo juvenile individuals dur to recurrent fires, the apex protected under ground surface due to contractile roots, Ambila Lemaitso, Madagascar, photo Patrick Blanc

    Ravenala madagascariensis, juvenile or pseudo juvenile individuals dur to recurrent fires, the apex protected under ground surface due to contractile roots, Ambila Lemaitso, Madagascar, photo Patrick Blanc

  • Ravenala madagascariensis, seedlings or pseudo seedlings due to recurrent fires, the apex remaining protected thanks to the contractile roots, Brickaville, Madagascar, photo Patrick Blanc

    Ravenala madagascariensis, seedlings or pseudo seedlings due to recurrent fires, the apex remaining protected thanks to the contractile roots, Brickaville, Madagascar, photo Patrick Blanc

  • Ravenala madagascariensis infructescence, drawing by Sonnerat in 1782, Plate 126, designed as the lectotype of the species due to the characteristic axis elongation between bracts during fruit maturation

    Ravenala madagascariensis infructescence, drawing by Sonnerat in 1782, Plate 126, designed as the lectotype of the species due to the characteristic axis elongation between bracts during fruit maturation

  • Ravenala madagascariensis, characteristic lax infructescence, the axis elongation between bracts during fruit maturation being similar to the lectotype drawing by Sonnerat in 1782, Brickaville, Madagascar, photo Marcel Hladik

    Ravenala madagascariensis, characteristic lax infructescence, the axis elongation between bracts during fruit maturation being similar to the lectotype drawing by Sonnerat in 1782, Brickaville, Madagascar, photo Marcel Hladik

  • Ravenala madagascariensis, seeds with bright blue aril and once aril removed, Brickaville, Madagascar, photo Patrick Blanc

    Ravenala madagascariensis, seeds with bright blue aril and once aril removed, Brickaville, Madagascar, photo Patrick Blanc

  • Ravenala cf. madagascariensis at the Jardin des Pamplemousses, Mauritius, photo Patrick Blanc

    Ravenala cf. madagascariensis at the Jardin des Pamplemousses, Mauritius, photo Patrick Blanc

  • Ravenala cf. madagascariensis, a tall suckering clump, Ferney, Mauritius, photo Patrick Blanc

    Ravenala cf. madagascariensis, a tall suckering clump, Ferney, Mauritius, photo Patrick Blanc

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