Mazhar Botanic Garden

Chamaerops humilis L.

European fan palm Mediterranean dwarf palm.

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000016
Common name: European fan palm, Mediterranean dwarf palm.
English name: European fan palm, Mediterranean dwarf palm.
Arabic name: كميروبس
Native: To continental Europe, southwestern Europe
Country: Europe
(PGR): Cultivated plant

Clumping palm, with several stems growing from a single base, stem grow 2-5 m tall with a trunk diameter of 20-25 cm leaves: with petioles terminating in rounded fans of 10-20 leaflets, each leaf is up to 15 m long, with leaflets 50-80 cm long Inflorescences: short at the tops of the stems, yellow flowers male and female are borne on different plants fruit: spherical to oblong, 1-15cm in diameter, yellow, orange, or brown when ripe

Ornamental Palm. A strong fiber obtained from the leaves is used for cordage and brushes. The whole leaf can be used in weaving. Plants have been used to form hedges in Mediterranean areas.

Chamaerops elegans Hook f

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Texture: Sandy loam
Fertility: Intermediate
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Subtropics
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time: Late spring -summer
Zone: 8 : 11
Status: Common
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Palm
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Ornamental Fibre
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Cultivation
pH: Acid Alkaline Neutral

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