Trachycarpus martianus

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Plant Characteristics
Habit   palm-cycad

Height: 50 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 50.
Width: 10 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10.
Lifespan: perennial
Bloom: early summer, mid summer, late summer
Cultivation
Exposure: sun
Features: evergreen, flowers, foliage
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Flower features: orange, yellow
Scientific Names

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Trachycarpus martianus (also known as Martius' fan palm) is a species in the genus Trachycarpus from two distinct populations, one at 5,000 feet (1,500 m) in the Khasia Hills, Meghalaya Province, in northeast India, the other at 8,000 feet (2,400 m) in central northern Nepal. There may be well be other populations. The main identifying characteristics are the regular leaf splits (to about half way), 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.[1]

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References

  1. Martin Gibbons. A pocket guide to Palms.

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