Chrysalidocarpus decipiens

{{Short description|Species of plant in the palm family}}

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|image = Dypsis decipiens.jpg

|status = VU

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Rakotoarinivo, M. |author2=Dransfield, J. |date=2012 |title=Dypsis decipiens |volume=2012 |page=e.T38532A2873559 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T38532A2873559.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}

| status2 = CITES_A1

| status2_system = CITES

| status2_ref = {{Cite web|title=Appendices {{!}} CITES|url=https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php|access-date=2022-01-14|website=cites.org}}

|genus = Chrysalidocarpus

|species = decipiens

|authority = Becc.

|synonyms=Dypsis decipiens (Becc.) Beentje & J.Dransf.

Macrophloga decipiens (Becc.) Becc.

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Chrysalidocarpus decipiens, synonym Dypsis decipiens or the Manambe palm, is a species of flowering plant in the Palm family (Arecaceae).{{cite web|url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:985351-1|title= Dypsis decipiens (Becc.) Beentje & J.Dransf.|author=|date=n.d.|website=Plants of the World Online|publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|access-date= August 21, 2020}} It is found only in the central highlands of Madagascar, between Fianarantsoa and Andilamena at 1,200 to 1,700 meters elevation. The species is threatened by habitat loss, increasing frequency of fires, and over-exploitation of its seeds for the horticultural trade. Its most unique characteristic is that it commonly produces twin trunks like the letter "V", each trunk being up to {{convert|65|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} in height and up to 28 inches (70 centimeters) DBH (diameter at breast height).{{cite book| last1= Dransfield | first1= John | last2= Beentje | first2= Henk | date= 1995 | title= Palms of Madagascar | location= | publisher= International Palm Society | pages=190–191}} There can also be three trunks, or a single trunk.