Strelitziaceae
Traveler's tree
Ravenala madagascariensis
- Family
- Strelitziaceae
- Genus
- Ravenala
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Common names
By language (44)
- Afrikaans
- Reisigerspalm
- Arabic
- رعامة, رُعَامَى, شجرة المسافرين
- Armenian
- Ճանապարհորդների ծառ
- arz
- موز كاذب
- Bangla
- পান্থপাদপ
- Belarusian
- Мадагаскарская равенала, Дрэва падарожнікаў, Равенала мадагаскарская
- Bulgarian
- Дърво на пътешественика
- Cantonese
- 旅人蕉
- Catalan
- Arbre del viatger
- Chinese
- 旅人蕉, 马达加斯加旅人蕉
- Dutch
- Reizigersboom, Ravanela madagascariensis, Reizigerspalm
- English
- Traveler's tree, Traveller's tree, East-West palm, Ravenala, Traveller's palm
- Esperanto
- Arbo de vojaĝanto
- Finnish
- Matkustajainpuu
- French
- Arbre du voyageur, Arbre des voyageurs, Ravenala, Ravenale
- Georgian
- Მოგზაურთა ხე
- German
- Baum der Reisenden, Baum des Reisenden
- Hebrew
- רוונלה מדגסקרית
- Hungarian
- Utazók pálmája, Legyezőbanán
- Icelandic
- Ferðamannapálmi
- Indonesian
- Pisang Kipas
- Italian
- Albero del viaggiatore, Palma del viaggiatore
- Japanese
- タビビトノキ, オウギバショウ, 旅人の木
- koi
- Равенала
- Korean
- 부채파초
- kv
- Равенала
- lah
- ریونالہ
- Malagasy
- Ravinala
- Malay
- Pokok Pisang Kipas
- Malayalam
- രാവേനല
- Marathi
- पांथस्थचे झाड
- mrj
- Равенала
- Odia
- ପାନ୍ଥ ପାଦପ, ପାନ୍ଥପାଦପ
- Persian
- نخل مسافر
- Polish
- Pielgrzan madagaskarski
- Portuguese
- Árvore-do-viajante
- Russian
- Равенала, Дерево путешественников, Равенала мадагаскарская
- Slovenian
- Popotnikova palma
- Spanish
- Arbol del viajero, Árbol del viajero
- Swedish
- De resandes träd, Ravenalasläktet
- Thai
- กล้วยพัด
- udm
- Равенала
- Uzbek
- Sayyohlar daraxti
- Vietnamese
- Chuối rẻ quạt, Quạt chuối
Synonyms
- Heliconia ravenala P.Willemet
- Urania madagascariensis (Sonn.) Schreb. ex Forsyth f.
- Urania ravenala (Willemet) A.Rich.
- Urania speciosa Willd.
Flowers
- In flower
- May (from 6 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Irene, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Philipp, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Romer N. Rabarijaona, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: kristofz, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: bat (Maria Vorontsova), CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Nivo Rakotoarivelo, Aina Razanatsima, Fortunat Rakotoarivony, Lucien Rasoaviety,, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jay Brasher, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Nivo Rakotoarivelo, Aina Razanatsima, Fortunat Rakotoarivony, Lucien Rasoaviety,, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nivo Rakotoarivelo, Aina Razanatsima, Fortunat Rakotoarivony, Lucien Rasoaviety,, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: nebrooks, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wee Hong, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Damien Wallace, CC0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.