Palm (Latin Trachycarpus fkrtunei), also known as Tang palm, China fan palm, palm tree, patch palm and mallow, is an evergreen tree of Palmae, which is native to China and cultivated all over the world. It is one of the most hardy palm plants in the world. The stem is erect, with a height of 5- 10 meter. The stem is often wrapped by residual leaf sheath fibers that are not easy to fall off. The leaves are fan-shaped, clustered at the top of the stem, palmately parted, with a diameter of 50-70 cm. Lobes are numerous, linear, 1.5-3.0 cm wide, hard, shallowly cracked at the top, dull, not drooping, with many slender longitudinal veins; The petiole is slender, with a small halberd process at the top; Leaf sheaths are fibrous, reticulate, dark brown and contracted. Spikelets are mostly clustered, pendulous, with small flowers, yellowish white, dioecious or monoecious. Drupe, kidney-shaped, about 65438 0 cm in diameter, blue-black when mature, with white powder. The flowering period is from April to May, and the fruiting period is165438+1October. There are many kinds of palm plants, such as mountain palm, snow mountain palm, Himalayan palm, stone palm, dragon palm, Thai mountain palm and so on.

Palm likes warm and humid climate, is extremely cold-resistant, more resistant to shade, can endure cold wind, and will not freeze to death at-15℃. It is widely cultivated in temperate regions of Europe and America, and even outdoors in southern England and Vancouver, Canada. The finished product is extremely drought-resistant, but it can't resist too much temperature difference between day and night. Commonly used sowing and breeding. 1 1- 12 When the fruit is ripe, it can be cut off, dried in the shade, threshed and sown, or stored in sand until the next year, soaked in warm water at 60-70℃ for 24 hours before sowing, and germinated 50-60 days after sowing. Palm grows slowly at seedling stage, and it often takes 3-4 years to grow out of nursery. Small seedlings can be transplanted with bare roots, and big seedlings need soil balls. The cultivated soil needs good drainage and fertility. Palm root system is shallow, there is no taproot, and planting time is not too deep. After planting, the hole surface should remain plate-shaped. Potted plants can be planted in cold areas, moved indoors in winter, and greenhouses can be built on the spot to keep warm.

Palm is one of the most hardy palm plants in the world, with straight trunk, fan-shaped leaves and elegant posture. It can be planted alone or in groups in front of the court, by the roadside, by the pool, at the edge of the forest and in front of the window. At the same time, palm has strong resistance and absorption ability to all kinds of harmful gases, which is suitable for large-scale planting in air pollution areas. In addition, palm has many uses, and trunk is an excellent building material; Leaf sheath fiber can be made into broom, brush, hemp fiber, pillow mat, filter screen of water tower, etc. Palm skin can be used to make ropes, which was once one of the important export commodities of China in history. It was not until the development of plastic products that it was gradually replaced, and palm leaves could be used as a rain cover. Palm roots and leaf-based palm boards can be processed into drugs; Seed wax skin can extract high melting point wax for industrial use; Seed milling can also be used as livestock feed; Undeveloped buds can also be used as vegetables. Palm is really the treasure of the whole body.