Medemia argun
| Synonymy: Unknown | Distribution: Sudan, Africa |
| Common names: Medemia palm; argun palm | Conservation status: Endangered, once thought to be extinct; recently rediscovered by Martin Gibbon and Tobias Spanner (click here to read their story of the rediscovery of this fascinating palm) |
Large adult in habitat in The Sudan
Fruits and seeds--representing the original source
of the introduction of this palm into cultivation
Seedling
Top and middle photos courtesy and copyright © 2000, Martin Gibbons &
Tobias Spanner, The Rare Palm Seeds
Site. Bottom photo copyright © 1998, Jody Haynes; photos taken at Tropical Research &
Education Center, Homestead, FL.
Click here for cold-hardiness
information on this palm.
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