Palm trees are also important for Madagascar's communities, ... There are only 30 mature Tahina palms left in the wild, according to the release.

An extremely rare species of palm tree only discovered in 2006 has been planted in its new home at The Eden Project. The Tahina spectabilis is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List ...

Self-destructive palm. Tahina spectabilis is the palm that flowers itself to death. Commonly known as the Tahina palm, the gigantic plant produces a huge mass of flowers. Most palms flower ...

The Eden Project has welcomed a 'extremely rare' species of palm tree. The Tahina spectabilis is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List and will now be the rarest plant in the ...

Scientists have identified 92 individual trees, all confined to the same remote area. Dr John Dransfield, who announced the name of the tree in the Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, is baffled ...

The Tahina spectabilis is one of the rarest plants on earth with only 29 adult individuals in the wild.

Transporting one of the world's most endangered plants 340 miles (550km) across England was "a bit daunting", a horticulturalist admitted. Staff recently did just that at Cambridge University ...

Named Tahina spectabilis, the plant is the only Madagascan member of a family of palm trees found scattered across the Arabian Peninsula, Thailand, and China.. Accidental find. Baker says 95% of ...

HOW do you save a plant that is so hellbent on its own destruction that it's known as the "suicide palm”? Read Today's Paper Tributes & Notices. Rewards. Subscribe. Sign In. Read Today's Paper; ...

The Eden Project has welcomed a 'extremely rare' species of palm tree. The Tahina spectabilis is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List and will now be the rarest plant in the Rainforest ...

Transporting one of the world's most endangered plants 340 miles (550km) across England was "a bit daunting", ... tall Tahina spectabilis palm to the Eden Project in Cornwall.