Palm pinyin: zōng lǘ, an evergreen tree of the family Palmae, up to 7 meters high; stem cylindrical, leaves suborbicular, petioles crenulate on both sides, inflorescences stout, dioecious.

Palm native to China, Japan, India, Burma also, palm is one of the world's most cold-hardy palms, in addition to Tibet, China's south of the Yellow River are distributed, from Shandong in the north, south to Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan, west to the Tibetan border, east to Shanghai.

Palm trees are planted in courtyards, roadsides and flower beds, the tree is upright, leaf color green, suitable for four seasons. The wood can be used to make utensils. Palm leaf sheaths are fan-shaped, with palm fiber, leaves can be made of fans, hats and other handicrafts.

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Often only seen cultivated in the four sides of the rare wild in the sparse forests, the upper limit of the altitude of 2000 meters; in the Yangtze River in the north can be cultivated, but in winter stems should be It can be cultivated in the north of the Yangtze River, but the stems must be wrapped in grass to prevent cold in winter.

Vertical distribution at an altitude of 300-1500 meters, up to 2700 meters in the southwest, the palm prefers a warm and humid climate, extremely cold, shade, finished extremely drought-resistant, but can not withstand too large a difference in temperature between day and night.

Palm is the most widely distributed in the country, the distribution of the highest latitude palm species. Prefer warm and humid climate, like light. Cold hardiness is very strong, slightly shade-tolerant. Born in well-drained, moist and fertile neutral, calcareous or slightly acidic soil, resistant to light salinity, but also tolerate some drought and water humidity. Strong resistance to atmospheric pollution.