Chinese Fan Palm
Family: Areceaceae Zone: 8-10 Average Size: 8' H x 8' W
Identification:
-Solitary, single trunk with a dense globular canopy -Fan shape leaf, costapalmate, 4-6 feet long, lustrous emerald-green, sharp brown spines along petiole - Stout gray trunk, closely ringed with leaf scars
Note: The Chinese Fan Palm has a very slow growth rate and remains trunkless for many years. For this reason it can be used as a large shrub form.
Campus Location: unknown
