Trachycarpus fortunei (Hook.) H.Wendll
Windmill Palm Chinese Windmill Palm Chusan Palm
Trunk densely covered with hair-like from old leaf sheaths dioecious evergreen palm, 12-20 m tall, 15-30 cm in diameter leaves fan shaped, dark green, with a nearly circular blade to 1 m across flower yellowish in drooping panicles female flowers give way to dark blue drupes
•Ornamental palm. The fibres cloaking the trunk are used to make ropes and cloth. The fibres from within the leafstalk are used for making brushes, ropes, coarse cloth etc. A matting is made from the bark admixed with some of the stem fibres.
Chamaerops excelsa hort Chamaerops fortunei Hook
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