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 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 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

  • Ravenala cf. madagascariensis, perfectly fan shaped crowns with many inflorescences, Ferney, Mauritius, photo Patrick Blanc

    Ravenala cf. madagascariensis, perfectly fan shaped crowns with many inflorescences, Ferney, Mauritius, photo Patrick Blanc

  • Ravenala cf. madagascariensis, inflorescences and unusual bracts congested in infructescences, Ferney, Mauritius, photo Patrick Blanc

    Ravenala cf. madagascariensis, inflorescences and unusual bracts congested in infructescences, Ferney, Mauritius, photo Patrick Blanc

  • Ravenala cf. madagascariensis, tall leaf canopy made of multiple crowns of simultaneously alive stipes, Ferney, Mauritius, photo Patrick Blanc

    Ravenala cf. madagascariensis, tall leaf canopy made of multiple crowns of simultaneously alive stipes, Ferney, Mauritius, photo Patrick Blanc

  • Ravenala cf. madagascariensis, multiple bases of stipes simultaneously alive in a tall suckering clump, Ferney, Mauritius, photo Patrick Blanc

    Ravenala cf. madagascariensis, multiple bases of stipes simultaneously alive in a tall suckering clump, Ferney, Mauritius, photo Patrick Blanc

  • Ravenala cf. madagascariensis, unusual single stemmed tall individual, Ferney, Mauritius, photo Patrick Blanc

    Ravenala cf. madagascariensis, unusual single stemmed tall individual, Ferney, Mauritius, photo Patrick Blanc

  • Phelsuma cepediana, two individuals on Ravenala cf. madagascariensis, Black River Gorges, Mauritius, photo Patrick Blanc

    Phelsuma cepediana, two individuals on Ravenala cf. madagascariensis, Black River Gorges, Mauritius, photo Patrick Blanc

  • Phelsuma cepediana, a male on Ravenala cf. madagascariensis petiole, Rochester Falls, Mauritius, photo Patrick Blanc

    Phelsuma cepediana, a male on Ravenala cf. madagascariensis petiole, Rochester Falls, Mauritius, photo Patrick Blanc

  • Phelsuma cepediana male on Ravenala cf. madagascariensis petiole, Rochester falls, Mauritius, photo Patrick Blanc

    Phelsuma cepediana male on Ravenala cf. madagascariensis petiole, Rochester falls, Mauritius, photo Patrick Blanc

  • Phelsuma cepediana couple on Ravenala cf. madagascariensis petiole, Rochester Falls, Mauritius, photo Patrick Blanc

    Phelsuma cepediana couple on Ravenala cf. madagascariensis petiole, Rochester Falls, Mauritius, photo Patrick Blanc

  • Ravenala cf. madagascariensis, a deviant individual with spirodistichous phyllotaxy and terminal inflorescence, somewhat similar to Phenakospermum guyannense, Ko Samet, Thailand, photo Patrick Blanc

    Ravenala cf. madagascariensis, a deviant individual with spirodistichous phyllotaxy and terminal inflorescence, somewhat similar to Phenakospermum guyannense, Ko Samet, Thailand, photo Patrick Blanc

  • Ravenala cf. madagascariensis, a deviant individual with spirodistichous phyllotaxy and terminal inflorescence thus somewhat similar to Phenakospermum guyannense, Ko Samet, Thailand, photo Patrick Blanc

    Ravenala cf. madagascariensis, a deviant individual with spirodistichous phyllotaxy and terminal inflorescence thus somewhat similar to Phenakospermum guyannense, Ko Samet, Thailand, photo Patrick Blanc

  • Ravenala cf. madagascariensis, deviant individual with terminal inflorescence, early emergence of the inflorescence, Singapore, photo Jana Skornickova

    Ravenala cf. madagascariensis, deviant individual with terminal inflorescence, early emergence of the inflorescence, Singapore, photo Jana Skornickova

  • Ravenala cf. madagascariensis, deviant individual with terminal inflorescence, Singapore, photo Patrick Blanc

    Ravenala cf. madagascariensis, deviant individual with terminal inflorescence, Singapore, photo Patrick Blanc

  • Ravenala cf. madagascariensis, deviant individual with a single huge terminal inflorescence, Singapore, photo Patrick Blanc

    Ravenala cf. madagascariensis, deviant individual with a single huge terminal inflorescence, Singapore, photo Patrick Blanc

  • Ravenala cf. madagascariensis, deviant individual with a terminal inflorescence like Phenakospermum guyannense, Singapore, photo Patrick Blanc

    Ravenala cf. madagascariensis, deviant individual with a terminal inflorescence like Phenakospermum guyannense, Singapore, photo Patrick Blanc

  • Ravenala cf. madagascariensis, deviant individual with terminal inflorescence and flowers atvanthesis, Singapore, photo Patrick Blanc

    Ravenala cf. madagascariensis, deviant individual with terminal inflorescence and flowers atvanthesis, Singapore, photo Patrick Blanc

  • Patrick Blanc taking a photo of a single stemmed Ravenala, Tanga, Tanzania, Jan. 2021

    Patrick Blanc taking a photo of a single stemmed Ravenala, Tanga, Tanzania, Jan. 2021

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