Trachycarpus nanus Becc.

Species

Angiosperms > Arecales > Arecaceae > Trachycarpus

Characteristics

Stem solitary, short and subterranean, to 5 cm in diam. Leaf sheaths not known; petioles 12-25 cm, margins with very small teeth; blades semicircular in outline, ca. 0.5 m wide, green or grayish on abaxial surface, divided to more than 2/3 their length into 20-30 stiff segments, transverse veinlets barely visible; middle segments ca. 2 cm wide. Inflorescences to 0.5 m, erect; male inflorescences branched to 2 or more orders; rachillae ca. 10 cm; female inflorescences branched to 2 or more orders; rachillae ca. 10 cm. Fruits yellowish to brown, with a thin waxy bloom, kidney-shaped, to 0.9 × 1.3 cm.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Dry forests or open areas on mountains; at elevations from 1,800-2,300 metres.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs scarification, soaking, and stratification.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 40 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment scarification soaking stratification
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Trachycarpus nanus unspecified picture

Distribution

Trachycarpus nanus world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:670186-1
WFO ID wfo-0000326535
COL ID 7CL8Z
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Trachycarpus dracocephalus Trachycarpus nanus Chamaerops nana