Travellers Palm - Ravenala Madagascarensis - Seeds Barenbrug The cotton fibres of this

The cotton fibres of this tree can be seen floating in the wind around the time of early may

in addition to the water lilies

chocolate and yellow with dark centres

dense globose clusters of pink/white flowers in Winter-Spring

narrow oblong leaves

Travellers Palm - Ravenala Madagascarensis - Seeds Barenbrug The cotton fibres of thisThe traveller's palm is another of the highly distinctive species from Madagascar. The traveller's palm gets its name from the water source for travellers that accumulates in many parts of the plant such as leaf folds, flower bracts and inside each of the hollow leaf bases . The traveller's palm is not a true palm, it is from the streliziaceae (bird of paradise) family. Multitudes of small creamy white flowers form an inflorescence up to 15 cm long. A