Palms

Plant Name:

LIVISTONA CHINENSIS

Description:

 

Medium sized palm with an erect, robust trunk swollen at the base, the upper part covered with fibrous leaf bases, at least at first. Glossy, rich green leaves, up to 2m long, with shorter spiny leaf-stalks, are divided for up to two-thirds of their length into many linear, pendent segments. Cream flowers are borne in panicles, up to 1m or more long, usually in summer, followed by ovoid to spherical, glossy, blue-green to gray -pink fruit.

SYNOPSIS
Mature Size / Spread / Form   10m / Single trunk
Foliage Color Pale green / Creamy yellow
Growth Rate Slow
Sunlight tolerance High
Wind tolerance High
Salinity tolerance High
Drought tolerance Medium
Family name ARACACEAE / PALMAE