Dypsis pembana
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Dypsis pembana, also known as Script error: No such module "Lang". or Script error: No such module "Lang".,[1] is a species of plant in the family Arecaceae that is endemic to Tanzania.
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Distribution and habitat
D. pembana is known only from two locations on Pemba Island, Tanzania, where it grows in moist evergreen lowland and littoral forests at up to Template:Cvt above sea level.[2][1]
Description
D. pembana is a clustering palm growing Template:Cvt tall. The stems are pale brown to green in colour and prominently ringed with leaf scars, measuring Template:Cvt in diameter with internodes up to Template:Cvt long. The arching, waxy green leaves are composed of a rachis up to Template:Cvt long with 40-50 leaflets on either side. The branched inflorescence is borne on a peduncle measuring approximately Template:Cvt long which may lengthen by up to 40% when fruiting. The dark red fruit measure Template:Cvt by Template:Cvt.[1]
Conservation status
D. pembana is listed as vulnerable by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature under criterion D2, based on its restricted area of occupancy and small population. It may be threatened by the expansion of tourist infrastructure on Pemba, however, the main subpopulation is located within a protected area, Ngezi Forest Reserve.[2]
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