Livistona chinensis R.Br.

 
  • Family : ARECACEAE
    (Palm Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : NARIYAL FAMILY (नारियल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : ARECACEAE
  • Basionym : Latania chinensis Jacq.
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Livistona chinensis (Jacq.) R.Br. ex Mart.
  • Common name : Chinese Fan-Palm, Chinese fountain palm
  • Habit : Palm (Columnar)
  • Comments / notes : Often planted in avenues and gardens in India
  • Flower, Fruit : January-February; February. onwards
  • Native : Central China, Japan
  • World Distribution : Cultivated in Other Tropics
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4; B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state – Monocotyledons; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.; K. Sankara Rao 2009. Flowering Plants of IISc, A Field Guide.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Livistona chinensis. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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