Trachycarpus martianus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Tribe: | Trachycarpeae |
| Genus: | Trachycarpus |
| Species: | T. martianus
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| Binomial name | |
| Trachycarpus martianus (Wall. ex Mart.) H.Wendl.
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Trachycarpus martianus (also known as Martius' fan palm) is a tree in the family Arecaceae. There are two distinct populations: one at 1,500 m (5,000 ft) in the Khasia Hills of Meghalaya state, in northeast India, the other at 2,400 m (8,000 ft) in central northern Nepal. Other populations have been reported in Assam, Sikkim, Burma and southern China.[1][2] The main identifying characteristics are the regular leaf splits (to about halfway), the coffee-bean-shaped seeds (similar looking to Trachycarpus latisectus) and the bare, as opposed to fibrous trunk. The new leaf spear and edges of the petioles are covered with a white tomentum.[3][4][5]
The species is named after the German botanist Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794-1868).[6]
It is used in making Jhapi, a traditional head cover often used to felicitate guests in Assam.
References
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Trachycarpus martianus
- ^ B. S. Kholia (March 2012). "Rediscovery of Trachycarpus martianus in the Sikkim Himalaya" (PDF). Palms. 56 (1).
- ^ Martin Gibbons. A pocket guide to Palms.
- ^ Wendland, Hermann A. 1861. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 8: 429, Trachycarpus martianus.
- ^ Martius, Carl Friedrich Philipp von. 1831. Plantae Asiaticae Rariores 3: 5–6, t. 211, Chamaerops martiana
- ^ Genaust, Helmut (1976). Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen ISBN 3-7643-0755-2