Synonym |
Latania chinensis Jacq.,
Chamaerops biroo Siebold ex Mart. |
Flower Color |
White |
Common Name |
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Flower Type |
Panicle |
English / Trade Name |
Chinese fan palm or fountain palm |
Flowering Period |
Jan-March |
Vernacular /Local Name |
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Fruiting Period |
April-June |
Altitude |
Up to 2000 M |
Fruit Type |
Drupe |
Habit |
Tree |
Fruit Details |
Fruits bluish or variously colored, globose to ellipsoid, 1-seeded. |
Habitat |
Coastal forests on various soils, often in sand, sometimes in dense mono-specific colonies |
Bark Type |
Rugged |
Distribution |
NE Africa and India to Australia, New Guinea, the Pacific islands (Solomon Islands), north to the Philippines, China, and Japan |
Bark Details |
rough with leaf scars |
Distribution in Haryana |
, Gurgaon, Morni-Pinjore |
Origin |
Exotic |
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Leaf Type |
Palmate |
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Leaf Arrangement |
Whorled (leaves in groups of 3 or more along stem) |
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Leaf Shape |
Palmate |
Description of Species |
Tree up to 15 m tall, rough with leaf scars. Leaves palmate, with green or black, recurved spines along margins, blades almost circular in outline. Flower in raceme, with 6 or 7 partial inflorescences; borne in clusters of 4-7, white or yellow. Fruits bluish or variously colored, globose to ellipsoid, 1-seeded. |
Leaf Details |
Leaves palmate, with green or black, recurved spines along margins, blades almost circular in outline. |
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