Ravanea rivularis – Plant

Description

The palm has upward-arching leaves divided into long, thin fingers. It is native to Madagascar, however it is believed only about 900 plants are currently alive in the wild. It has become a very popular houseplant due to its beautiful leaves and slow-growing nature.They are small to large palms, with solitary, robust grey stems, swollen at base and gradually tapering upward. The species vary greatly in size, with R. hildebrandtii and R. nana only reaching 4 m, while R. robustior and R. sambiranensis both reach 30 m. The leaves are up to 2–5 m long, pinnately compound, reduplicate, erect at first then arching, twisted near the apex; with numerous crowded narrow ribbed leaflets.