BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Giant palm tree puzzles botanists

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Botanists have discovered a new species of giant self-destructing palm in Madagascar which is so large that it can be seen in satellite photos.

The plant, which only exists in the remote north-west of the island, is unlike anything else ever found on the island before.