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Botanical Name : Ravenala madagascariensis
Family Name : Streliziaceae
Common Name : Traveller's Palm

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The enormous paddle-shaped leaves are borne on long petioles , in a distinctive fan shape aligned in a single plane. The large white flowers are structurally similar to those of its relatives, the bird-of-paradise flowers Strelizia reginae  and Strelitzia nicolai , but are generally considered less attractive, with a green bract .These flowers, upon being pollinated, produce brilliant blue seeds; possibly the only blue seeds found in nature.In tropical and subtropical regions, the plant is widely cultivated for its distinctive habit and foliage. As the plant grows older, it progressively loses the lowest or oldest leaves and reveals a sturdy grey trunk. Of the four forms, varieties or subspecies, the largest is the "Bemavo", from the hills of eastern Madagascar, which can be 100 feet (30 meters) in height with a trunk 2 feet (60 cm) thick. The foliar fan consists of 20 to 35 leaves, each as much as 36 feet (11 meters) in length