Vasilis Teodoridis:
Palmae | Trachycarpus
Trachycarpus fortunei (Hook.) H. Wendl. in J. Gay; Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 8: 429. 1863 (1861). Bailey; l.c.
KAMAL A. MALIK
# Chamaerops fortunei Hook.
Trunk 3-6 m tall; c. 40 cm in diameter; covered with black fibres and with petiole bases. Leaves sub-orbicular; c. 90 cm across; divided nearly from the middle into 30-40 leaflets; segments narrow; flexible and usually pendulous; petiole green; as long as the leaf blade. Inflorescence yellowish green. Flowers clustered; 2-4; male flowers c. 4 mm long and 3 mm broad; female flowers resembling the male; sepals green; ovate; acuminate; petals one third longer than the sepals; ovate. Drupe black with bluish bloom; reniform; 1.25 cm in diameter.
Type: Plant grown at Kew; introduced by Mr. Fortune in 1849.
Distribution: Indigenous to China and Japan; rarely cultivated in Pakistan.