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Windmill Palm
Trachycarpus fortunei
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The most familiar palm tree in Japan, an evergreen tall tree. Brown fibrous leaf sheaths persist on the trunk, and fan-shaped leaves cluster at the crown. Possibly native to southern Kyushu, though details are unclear; long planted in gardens throughout Japan.
Identification Points
- ✓Trunk covered with palm fiber (shuro fiber)
- ✓Leaves are deeply divided fan-shaped (palmate)
- ✓Large inflorescences of small yellow flowers appear in May–June
Habitat
Gardens, parks, temple grounds, and naturalized forest edges
Season
May–June (flowers)
Morphological TraitsAI-estimated, needs verification
Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Leaf type
Compound
Venation
Parallel
Leaf dissection
Dissected
Leaf shape
Palmate
Growth form
Tree
Evergreen/Deciduous
Evergreen
Flower symmetry
Actinomorphic
Phylogenetic Positionヤシ科 →
Phylogenetic Position
Angiosperms > Monocots > Arecales > Arecaceae
Divergence Era
Late Cretaceous (about 80–70 million years ago)
Evolution Notes
Arecaceae diversified among monocots from the late Cretaceous to the Paleogene and play a vital role in tropical and subtropical ecosystems.
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