Species

• Giant Madagascan palm is a new species and has been given its own genus within the palm family.
  
  

Features

• The tree features a single trunk and circular fan leaves that grow only at the crown.
  
  

Flowering

• The tree flowers only once, producing one huge, white flower cluster from the center of the crown. The flower gives way to fruits and collapses and dies once the fruits have fallen to the ground.
  
  

Habitat

• The tree grows in the northeast part of the island of Madagascar. It is related to similar species in Thailand and China.
  
  

Environment

• The giant Madagascan palm grows in seasonally dry forests or scrubland that experiences floods during the rainy season.