Livistona chinensis (Jacq.) R.Br. ex Mart
| Kannada Name : | - |
| Common Name : | Chinese fan palm, fountain palm |
| Family Name : | Arecaceae |
| Scientific Name : | Livistona chinensis |
| Species Type : | Exotic |
| Phenology : | Evergreen |
| Conservation Status : | Vulnerable |
| Flowering Period : | None |
| Fruiting Period : | None |
| Origin : | Southeast Asia |
Uses
The leaves are used for making fans. They are also used for manufacturing rain hats and coats, brooms etc. The fibres, extracted from the sheath and the petiole of the leaves, are made into cordage
Description
A palm, up to 15 m tall. Trunk rough with leaf scars. Leaves palmate, with green or black recurved spines along margins of petiole, flabellate, plicate, divided into 60‐90 segments; segments linear-lanceolate, glabrous, pendulous, apex acuminate and deeply forked. Inflorescence branched to 3 order, yellow when young and then green with unpleasant odour. Flowers small, sessile, in groups of 2-4 flowers. Fruits green or blue-green, globose to ellipsoid or pear-shaped, 1.9 cm long.
