img

Livistona chinensis

(Jacq.) R.Br. ex Mart. (1838)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Monocots Order: Arecales Family: Arecaceae Genus: Livistona

Chinese fan palm, fountain palm

img

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Trees.

Stems: Trunk up to 15 m or more tall.

Roots: Fibrous root system.

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate, spiral. Blades with a prominent undivided central area and numerous deeply bifid segments, their tips pendulous, up to 1.5 m long. Surfaces pale green. Petioles armed with stout prickles. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in clusters of up to 6, inflorescences up to 1 m or more long, of several branches along a single main rachis, each 2–3 times divided into rachillae, bracts brown tomentose. Flowers bisexual (perfect). Calyx of 3 sepals. Corolla of 3 petals. Stamens 6. Ovary superior; carpels 3, distinct, but usually only 1 maturing; ovules 1 per carpel; styles connate in a 3-angled cone briefly 3-lobed at apex.

Fruit: Fruit bluish green to bright green; darker with age; ellipsoid to subglobose or pyriform; 1.5–2.6 cm long; 0.9–1.8 cm in diameter. Seeds with small basal hilum and elongate raphe; endosperm homogeneous except for a deep intrusion of seed coat below the raphe; embryo lateral near the middle on the antirapheal side.

Ploidy: 2n = 36

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Images

img

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Naturalized
O'ahu Naturalized
Maui Naturalized

Dispersal Agents

Water/Ocean

Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 240 (1838)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1364 (O); Oppenheimer 2003:5 (WM); Staples & Herbst 2005:623 (KEY, DESCR); Daehler & Baker 2006:12 (O); Oppenheimer 2011:6 (K)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Livistona chinensis Honolulu; Old Naval Station Preserved_Specimen Garber, D.W. 24 Oahu BISH 1919-10-30
2 Livistona chinensis Olohena Clumped closely with Spathodea. Preserved_Specimen OED 2010031602 Kauai BISH 2010-03-16
3 Livistona chinensis Hanalei District, Kilauea Stream Locally naturalized. Randomly scattered on steep to near vertical slopes. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 110819 Kauai BISH 2008-11-12
4 Livistona chinensis Honolulu: Manoa Valley; University of Hawaii Manoa Campus Preserved_Specimen Krajina, V.J. 6288 Oahu BISH 1962-02-10
5 Livistona chinensis Honolulu, Capitol grounds, opposite Armory Preserved_Specimen Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1951-05-31
6 Livistona chinensis Honolulu, UH Manoa Preserved_Specimen Krajina, V.J. 6288 Oahu BISH 1962-02-10
7 Livistona chinensis Honolulu: Kamehameha School grounds Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 6288 Oahu BISH 1919-03-01
8 Livistona chinensis Foster Gardens Preserved_Specimen Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1952-04-05
9 Livistona chinensis W Maui, Wailuku District, Iao Valley, above road near Kepaniwai Park Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 10139 Maui BISH 2001-01-27
10 Livistona chinensis Honolulu; Old Naval Station Preserved_Specimen Garber, D.W. 24 Oahu BISH 1919-10-30
11 Livistona chinensis W Maui, Wailuku District, Iao Valley, above road near Kepaniwai Park Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 10139 Maui BISH 2001-01-27
12 Livistona chinensis W Maui, Wailuku District, Iao Valley, above road near Kepaniwai Park Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 10139 Maui BISH 2001-01-27
13 Livistona chinensis W Maui, Wailuku District, Iao Valley, above road near Kepaniwai Park Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 10139 Maui BISH 2001-01-27
14 Livistona chinensis Honolulu, Bishop Museum, Kamehameha School grounds Preserved_Specimen Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1951-10-16
15 Livistona chinensis Honolulu; Bishop Museum grounds Preserved_Specimen Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1937-04-01
16 Livistona chinensis Honolulu - Kam School grounds, near Ewa gate to Bishop Museum Preserved_Specimen Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1951-05-02
17 Livistona chinensis Foster Gardens Preserved_Specimen Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1951-02-21
18 Livistona chinensis Honolulu - opposite the Armory Preserved_Specimen Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1949-07-01
19 Livistona chinensis Honolulu, Bishop Museum grounds Preserved_Specimen Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1943-09-06
20 Livistona chinensis Iolani Palace Grounds, near Archives bldg. by fence Preserved_Specimen Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1952-04-15
21 Livistona chinensis Hanalei District, Kilauea Stream Locally naturalized. Randomly scattered on steep to near vertical slopes. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 110819 Kauai BISH 2008-11-12
22 Livistona chinensis Oahu Preserved_Specimen Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH
23 Livistona chinensis W Maui, Wailuku District, Iao Valley, above road near Kepaniwai Park Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 10139 Maui BISH 2001-01-27
24 Livistona chinensis Honolulu - Capitol grounds - front of Armory taro vine climbing on it Preserved_Specimen Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1953-05-01
25 Livistona chinensis Olohena Clumped closely with Spathodea. Preserved_Specimen OED 2010031602 Kauai BISH 2010-03-16
26 Livistona chinensis Honolulu, 3759 Round Top Dr. wet forest, roadside Preserved_Specimen Ray, G. 40 Oahu BISH 1997-08-25
27 Livistona chinensis Hanalei District, Kilauea Stream Locally naturalized. Randomly scattered on steep to near vertical slopes. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 110819 Kauai BISH 2008-11-12
Back to Top