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• Catharanthus
  ...to the [[Indian subcontinent]] in southern [[Asia]].<ref name=fom>Flora of Madagascar: [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=12&taxon_id=105876 ''Cath *''[[Catharanthus coriaceus]]'' Markgr. Madagascar.
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• Abrus
  |habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ...brus precatorius|A. precatorius]]''). The highly [[Toxin|toxic]] [[seed]]s of that species are used to make [[jewellery]].
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• Ouvirandra
  ...ows in Madagascar, its skeletonized leaves floating just under the surface of the water. The genus is now included with Aponogeton, which see. *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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• Adansonia
  ...mainland African species also occurs on Madagascar, but it is not a native of that island. ...he stoutest tree now is [[Sunland Baobab]], also in South Africa. Diameter of this tree is 10.64 m, approximate circumference - 33.4 metres.
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• Noronhia
  |origin=Madagascar ...to the [[Comoros]] Islands north of Madagascar.<ref name=oxford>University of Oxford, Oleaceae information site: [http://herbaria.plants.ox.ac.uk/fraxige
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• Ravenala
  Ravenala (the name of the plant in Madagascar). Musaceae. Musa-like plants becoming 20 to 30 feet high, with a palm-like ...g-exserted; sepals free: fr. a 3-valved caps.—A genus of 2 species, 1 from Madagascar and the other from Brazil and Guiana.
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• Dracaena marginata
  |common_name=Madagascar Dragon Tree, Red Edged Dracaena |origin=Madagascar
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• Borassus
  ...s of [[Africa]], [[Asia]] and [[New Guinea]]. They are tall palms, capable of growing up to 30 m high. The [[leaf|leaves]] are long, fan-shaped, 2 to 3 m Borassus (an old name, of no significance here). Palmaceae, tribe Borassinae. Tall unarmed palms, wit
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• Flacourtia
  ...h6xcnf5TksYC |title=The New York Botanical Garden Illustrated Encyclopedia of Horticulture |volume=4 |first=Thomas H. |last=Everett |publisher=Courier Co ...of Madagascar and author of a history of Madagascar). Flacourtiaceae. One of the species, a shrub with edible fruits, is cultivated in the tropics and h
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• Macroplectrum
  ...edicted when he saw the plant first that a moth would be found some day in Madagascar with a tongue long enough to reach down to the nectar, and it was, years af ...for a species (rather than genus), or perhaps Varieties if there is a mix of cultivars, species, hybrids, etc -->
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• Alluaudia procera
  |common_name=Madagascar Ocotillo, Madagascan Ocotillo, African Ocotillo |habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
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• Ravenea rivularis
  '''''Ravenea rivularis''''' is a species of [[flowering plant]] in the [[Arecaceae]] family. It is found only in [[Madagascar]].
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• Nepenthes madagascariensis
  ...dagascariensis, Poir. The most outlying species of the genus and native to Madagascar. It forms low upright plants 2-3 ft. high, and bears deep crimson pitchers. *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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• Raffia
  ...indigenous to Madagascar, where it grows without cultivation or attention of any kind. One palm leaf, or frond, produces eighty to one hundred long gree ...ing dried in the sun assumes a light straw-color. This is the raffia fiber of commerce.
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• Aerangis modesta
  ...e pedicels; sepals lanceolate; petals ovate-lanceolate; lip broadly ovate. Madagascar and Comoro Isls. *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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• Pycnostachys
  ...bright blue fls. and sessile oblong or linear-lanceolate lvs., a native of Madagascar, has also been cult. in England. ...for a species (rather than genus), or perhaps Varieties if there is a mix of cultivars, species, hybrids, etc -->
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• Catharanthus roseus
  ...alba nova, V. oculata, and V. varius, the last being a trade name for seed of mixed varieties. Var. delicata, Hort., is a trade name. ...e, Rose Periwinkle, Rosy Periwinkle, and "Old-maid".<ref name=fom>Flora of Madagascar: [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=12&taxon_id=200018366 ''C
  6 KB (896 words) - 02:17, 30 October 2009
• Afrocarpus
  |habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia |life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
  2 KB (340 words) - 01:42, 4 February 2011
• Bismarckia nobilis
  ...x blunt, obtuse, with a long curved filament from the. base of each sinus. Madagascar. G.F. 6:246. F. R. 2:257. Gt. 1221. *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
  1 KB (186 words) - 14:33, 8 February 2010
• Tabernaemontana
  ...ment_on_the_stem|opposite]], 3-25 cm long, with milky sap; hence it is one of the diverse plant genera commonly called '''"[[milkwood]]"'''. The [[flower Tabernaemontana (named for J. T. Tabernaemontanus of Heidelberg, physician and botanist; died 1590). Apocynaceae. Evergreen usua
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