Travellers palms are not palms but related to the banana. They hold a large reserve of water in the leaf bases from which travellers could drink, but it would be a mighty desperate soul to partake of insect and debris laden cocktail contained in this travellers ?Oasis?. The distinctive flat fan, formed by leafs and leaf bases makes the travelers palm a popular and unique ornamental.<\/p>\n
Ravenala madagascariensisor Traveller?s palm is Large, erect tree with an unbranched, palm-like trunk topped by a fan-shaped, crown of 2-ranked, paddle-shaped, leathery, lustrous, rich green leaves. The oblong leaf-blades, 2-4m long, are borne on thick, grooved stalks, of about the same length, closely overlapping at the bases. On mature plants, tiny, narrow white flowers, each with 6 tepals, emerge from pointed, boat-shaped, greenish white spathes, a few at a time, in summer; they are followed by fruit capsules that contain seeds with bright blue arils.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21763,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[83],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-21732","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-palms-trees","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"shipping-taxable","11":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\n