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<bibref>Jum., Cat. Pl. Madagascar, Palmae: 12 (1938)</bibref>

<bibref>Jum. &amp; H. Perrier, Fl. Madagascar 30: 39 (1945)</bibref>

<type>Madagascar, Antalaha, 50 m alt., Nov. 1912; Perrier; 12042</type>

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<div type="introduction"><p>This species occurs in lowlands near the coast; recently made collections are for the most part from forest developed on white sands, poor in nutrients, but the palm will also grow on laterite soils. When growing vigorously this can be quite a handsome species but it is usually rather untidy, with narrow grouped leaflets. Superficially it resembles a depauperate form of Dypsis nodifera. The species name refers to the grouped leaflets.</p></div>

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