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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Orania

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Arecales > Family: Arecaceae

Three species cultivated.

Species cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Orania longisquama

Native to Madagascar.

 

Orania sylvicola (Iwul)

Native to Malaysia and Indonesia.

 

Orania trispatha (Sindroa)

[= Halmoorea trispatha]

Native to Madagascar.