All the plant photographies are performed by Patrick Blanc and their use must go with the photo caption and the mention "copyright Patrick Blanc"
  • Ravenala blancii (left) and Ravenala hladikorum (right) maturing fruits, Andasibe, Madagascar, photo Marcel Hladik

    Ravenala blancii (left) and Ravenala hladikorum (right) maturing fruits, Andasibe, Madagascar, photo Marcel Hladik

  • Ravenala hladikorum (left) and Ravenala blancii (right) mature infructescences with opening ripe dry fruits, Andasibe, Madagascar, photo Marcel Hladik

    Ravenala hladikorum (left) and Ravenala blancii (right) mature infructescences with opening ripe dry fruits, Andasibe, Madagascar, photo Marcel Hladik

  • Ravenala blancii (left) with pointed conical apex and Ravenala hladikorum (right) with truncated apex, Andasibe, Madagascar, photo Marcel Hladik

    Ravenala blancii (left) with pointed conical apex and Ravenala hladikorum (right) with truncated apex, Andasibe, Madagascar, photo Marcel Hladik

  • Patrick Blanc and Annette Hladik discussing about the seedling differences between the yet unnamed Ravenala blancii (malama) and Ravenala hladikorum (hiranhirana), Andasibe, Madagascar, June 1998, photo Pascal Heni

    Patrick Blanc and Annette Hladik discussing about the seedling differences between the yet unnamed Ravenala blancii (malama) and Ravenala hladikorum (hiranhirana), Andasibe, Madagascar, June 1998, photo Pascal Heni

  • Ravenala hladikorum, young long petiolate individual in small forest gap, Andasibe, Madagascar, Photo P. Blanc

    Ravenala hladikorum, young long petiolate individual in small forest gap, Andasibe, Madagascar, Photo P. Blanc

  • Ravenala hladikorum, juvenile phase exhibiting long petiole and distinctly vertically staggered insertion of each half blade along the midrib, Andasibe, Madagascar, Photo Patrick Blanc

    Ravenala hladikorum, juvenile phase exhibiting long petiole and distinctly vertically staggered insertion of each half blade along the midrib, Andasibe, Madagascar, Photo Patrick Blanc

  • Ravenala hladikorum, dry scalloped brown emergences of the leaf sheath, Andasibe, Madagascar, photo David Scherberich

    Ravenala hladikorum, dry scalloped brown emergences of the leaf sheath, Andasibe, Madagascar, photo David Scherberich

  • Ravenala hladikorum, dry scalloped brown emergences of the leaf sheath and bright green pseudo petiole, Andasibe, Madagascar, photo David Scherberich

    Ravenala hladikorum, dry scalloped brown emergences of the leaf sheath and bright green pseudo petiole, Andasibe, Madagascar, photo David Scherberich

  • Ravenala hladikorum, close up of the bright brown large scalloped split leaf sheaths, Andasibe, Madagascar, photo Patrick Blanc

    Ravenala hladikorum, close up of the bright brown large scalloped split leaf sheaths, Andasibe, Madagascar, photo Patrick Blanc

  • Ravenala hladikorum, leaves alternately staggered and bright brown large scalloped split leaf sheaths, Andasibe, Madagascar, photo Patrick Blanc

    Ravenala hladikorum, leaves alternately staggered and bright brown large scalloped split leaf sheaths, Andasibe, Madagascar, photo Patrick Blanc

  • Ravenala hladikorum, regularly scalloped and split leaf shath margins, Andasibe, Madagascar, photo Marcel Hladik

    Ravenala hladikorum, regularly scalloped and split leaf shath margins, Andasibe, Madagascar, photo Marcel Hladik

  • Ravenala hladikorum, adult in forest canopy, irregular fan shape due to the leaves alternately staggered, same as in juvenile phase, Andasibe, Madagascar, Photo Marcel Hladik

    Ravenala hladikorum, adult in forest canopy, irregular fan shape due to the leaves alternately staggered, same as in juvenile phase, Andasibe, Madagascar, Photo Marcel Hladik

  • Ravenala grandis, characteristic single stemmed tall individual with four double sets of inflorescences, the inflorescences of one set in the axil of two successive leaves, Beforona, Madagascar, photo Patrick Blanc

    Ravenala grandis, characteristic single stemmed tall individual with four double sets of inflorescences, the inflorescences of one set in the axil of two successive leaves, 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

  • Ravenala grandis, population in species original type of habitat, fragmented inselberg mixed with small Dicot trees, Ifanadiana, Madagascar, Photo Patrick Blanc

    Ravenala grandis, population in species original type of habitat, fragmented inselberg mixed with small Dicot trees, Ifanadiana, Madagascar, Photo Patrick Blanc

  • Ravenala grandis, population in original species type of habitat, on fragmented inselberg mixed with small Dicot trees belonging to Dilobeia, Tambourissa, Phyllarthron, Phylloxylon, Ifanadiana, Madagascar, Photo Patrick Blanc

    Ravenala grandis, population in original species type of habitat, on fragmented inselberg mixed with small Dicot trees belonging to Dilobeia, Tambourissa, Phyllarthron, Phylloxylon, Ifanadiana, Madagascar, Photo Patrick Blanc

  • Ravenala grandis, population in the original species habitat, on fragmented inselberg, characterisic single stemmed individuals mixed with small Dicot trees, Ifanadiana, Madagascar, Photo Patrick Blanc

    Ravenala grandis, population in the original species habitat, on fragmented inselberg, characterisic single stemmed individuals mixed with small Dicot trees, Ifanadiana, Madagascar, Photo Patrick Blanc

  • Ravenala grandis, population on fragmented inselberg mixed with small Dicot trees, Ifanadiana, Madagascar, Photo Patrick Blanc

    Ravenala grandis, population on fragmented inselberg mixed with small Dicot trees, Ifanadiana, Madagascar, Photo Patrick Blanc

  • Ravenala grandis, characteristic tall single stemmed individuals in degraded habitat on eastern slopes, Ranomafana, Madagascar, Photo Patrick Blanc

    Ravenala grandis, characteristic tall single stemmed individuals in degraded habitat on eastern slopes, Ranomafana, Madagascar, Photo Patrick Blanc

  • Ravenala grandis invading the slopes of anthropogenic savannas and agriculture fields, between Ranomafana and Kianjavato, Madagascar, photo David Scherberich

    Ravenala grandis invading the slopes of anthropogenic savannas and agriculture fields, between Ranomafana and Kianjavato, Madagascar, photo David Scherberich

  • 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, seedling with downward growing thick contractile root similar to a Dicot taproot, Madagascar, Photo Patrick Blanc

    Ravenala grandis, seedling with downward growing thick contractile root similar to a Dicot taproot, Madagascar, Photo Patrick Blanc

  • Patrick Blanc observing the contractile roots of Ravenala grandis, Beforona, Madagascar, Dec. 1997

    Patrick Blanc observing the contractile roots of Ravenala grandis, Beforona, Madagascar, Dec. 1997

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

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

  • Ravenala grandis, young individual progressively buried in the ground due to the contractile roots, stabilizing the stipe and protecting the shoot apex from recurrent fires, Beforona, Madagascar, Photo Patrick Blanc

    Ravenala grandis, young individual progressively buried in the ground due to the contractile roots, stabilizing the stipe and protecting the shoot apex from recurrent fires, 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

  • 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, base of the single stipe of an individual anchored on a rock outcrop in fragmented inselberg, the original habitat of this species, Ifanadiana, Madagascar, Photo Patrick Blanc

    Ravenala grandis, base of the single stipe of an individual anchored on a rock outcrop in fragmented inselberg, the original habitat of this species, Ifanadiana, 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 inflorescence, Beforona, Madagascar, photo Pascal Heni

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

  • Ravenala agatheae, Manehoko, Madagascar, photo David Scherberich

    Ravenala agatheae, Manehoko, Madagascar, photo David Scherberich

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