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Trachycarpus martianus
Also called Martius' Himalayan Fan Palm, Martius's Windmill Palm
Trachycarpus martianus is a small to medium fan palm native to the Himalaya, northeast India and southern China, grown mainly as an ornamental palm. It needs a cool, frost-hardy spot with shelter from hot, dry sun.
Trachycarpus martianus (also known as Martius' fan palm) is a tree in the family Arecaceae. There are two distinct populations: one at 1,500 m (5,000 ft) in the Khasia Hills of Meghalaya state, in northeast India, the other at 2,400 m (8,000 ft) in central northern Nepal. Other populations have been reported in Assam, Sikkim, Burma and southern China. The main identifying characteristics are the regular leaf splits (to about halfway), the coffee-bean-shaped seeds (similar looking to Trachycarpus latisectus) and the bare, as opposed to fibrous trunk. The new leaf spear and edges of the petioles are covered with a white tomentum.
The species is named after the German botanist Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794-1868).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Trachycarpus martianus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
