Basic Information:

基本資料:

Scientific Name:
Ravenala madagascariensis Sonn.

名稱:
旅人蕉

Common Name:
Traveller’s Palm, Traveller’s Tree

俗名:
扇芭蕉

Family Name:
Strelitziaceae

科屬:
旅人蕉科

Habit:
Palm

習性:
棕櫚

Origin Name:

Exotic; Madagascar.

原產地:

外來； 馬達加斯加。

Features:

特徵:

Height:
5 - 6m

高度:
5 - 6米

Stems:
Main stem palm-like, stout and erect, cylindrical. Bark brown, rough with conspicuous ring scars on surface.

莖:
主莖棕櫚狀，粗壯直立，圓柱狀。外皮褐色，表面粗糙、環紋明顯。

Leaf:

Oblong, large. Length of leaf blade to 2 m, width 0.5 m or above, concolourous on both surfaces. Shaped like leaves of banana. Petiole long, with leaf sheath at base, tubular. Alternate at the apex of trunk, orderly arranged in two rows, making the appearance of the whole plant shaped like a gigantic handheld fan.

葉:

長圓狀，巨大，葉片長達2米，寬半米或以上，兩面顏色一致，狀如蕉葉。葉柄長，基部具葉鞘，筒狀。於莖頂互生，整齊地排成二列狀，令植株外型有如一把巨型撥扇。

Flower:

• Inflorescence axillary, shorter than petiole. 6 to 10 boat-shaped spathes superposed distichously, with 5 to 12 flowers enveloped in each spathe. Sepals 3, petals 3, whitish, lanceolate, subequal. Only the middle petal slightly narrower and shorter.
• Flowering: All year round

花:

• 花序腋生，短於葉柄。6至10枚船狀的佛焰苞二列狀套疊，每一佛焰苞內藏5至12朵花。萼片3片，花瓣3片，類白色，披針形，近等長，僅中央一枚花瓣稍狹小。
• 花期: 近乎全年

Fruit:

• Capsule, brown, 3-lobed when mature.
• Fruiting: All year round

果實:

• 蒴果，褐色，成熟時3裂。
• 果期: 近乎全年