The mystery palm has a huge trunk which towers over 18m high and fan leaves which ... Giant exploding palm tree discovered in Madagascar. Rbg Kew. 17 Jan 2008 Africa. Comments Share article.

On the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar, botanists have discovered a new species of giant self-destructing palm tree that flowers once every 100 years and then dies.

Botanists are marveling at the discovery of a towering palm tree on Madagascar that essentially flowers itself to death. The palm has a huge trunk that reaches a whopping 59 feet (18 meters) in ...

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar ... out of the top of the tree and starts to spread. You get something that looks a bit like a Christmas tree growing out of the top of the palm," he said.

PARIS: Botanists on Thursday announced they had identified a new species of palm that is so enormous it can be spotted from space and whose bizarre life cycle requires the plant to kill itself ...

Madagascar is a crucial diversity hot spot for palm tree species. 98% of the currently 204 known species do not occur anywhere else.. This high diversity is because the island – and its palms ...

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