Livistona chinensis

Plant Characteristics

Habit		palm-cycad
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Livistona chinensis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Livistona chinensis, R. Br. (Latania borbonica, Hort., not Lam.). St. 6 ft. high, more than 1 ft. thick, gray, with approximate rings: (lvs. many; petiole equaling the blade, covered to about the middle with retrorse brown spines, 1 in. or more long; blade reniform, 4-6 ft. diam.; segms. linear-lanceolate, long-pendulous, deeply forked, filiferous, the lower 1-2 ft. long, 1-2 in. wide, the middle 3 ft. long, the lobes acuminate, 4-8 in. long. China. G.4:555. J.H. 111.48:185. Gn.M.6:288. G.W. 10:202. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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