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Dypsis leptocheilos Characteristics
                        
                        Dypsis leptocheilos 	
 
 Synonymy:
 Dypsis darianii
 
 Common Names:
 Teddy Bear Palm,
 Redneck
 
 Habitat:
 Madagascan rainforest
 
 Description:
 Medium/large feather palm to about 10m, with a very distinctive reddish brown tormentum on the crownshaft and a white waxy trunk.
 
 General:
 A very popular palm in the tropics and sub-tropics. Often confused with another palm also known as the Redneck Dypsis lastelliana .                        
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| SPECIES | 
atpB | 
rbcL | 
18S | 
PRK | 
RPB2 |                     
                
            
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   Dypsis leptocheilos
 
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