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RAVENALA
Rav
`e *
na
"
la,
n.
Etym:
[
Malagasy.
] (
Bot.
)
Defn: A
genus
of
plants
related
to
the
banana.
Note:
Ravenala
Madagascariensis,
the
principal
species,
is
an
unbranched
tree
with
immense
oarlike
leaves
growing
alternately
from
two
sides
of
the
stem.
The
sheathing
bases
of
the
leafstalks
collect
and
retain
rain
water,
which
flows
freely
when
they
are
pierced
with
a
knife,
whence
the
plant
is
called
traveller's
tree.
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