Trachycarpus martianus

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Trachycarpus
(trahk-ee-KAHR-puhs)
martianus (mahr-tee-AHN-uhs)
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At the northern site of the Gorkha Durbar (Palace of the first king of Nepal. Photo by Alexander Nijman.
Scientific Classification
Genus: Trachycarpus
(trahk-ee-KAHR-puhs)
Species:
martianus (mahr-tee-AHN-uhs)
Synonyms
Trachycarpus khasianus (Old name)
Native Continent
Asia
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Morphology
Habit: Solitary
Leaf type: Palmate
Culture
Survivability index
Common names
Khasia Hills Fan Palm

Habitat and Distribution

Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal. Trachycarpus martianus
At the northern site of the Gorkha Durbar (Palace of the first king of Nepal. Photo by Alexander Nijman.
form two distinct populations, one at 1,500 m (4,900 ft) in the Khasia Hills, Meghalaya Province, in northeast India, the other at 2,400 m (7,900 ft) in central northern Nepal. Other populations have been reported in Assam, Sikkim, Burma and southern China.

Description

Solitary slender, bare trunk, often with marcecent leaf base in habitat, a full but open crown of elegantly Large, arching, segmented, fan leaves. It is quite a fast grower and an easy growing. The Nepalese form is the one to go for if available as it is alledgedly hardier due to the fact it grows at a higher altitude. Editing by edric.

Culture

Cold Hardiness Zone: 9b

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Comments and Curiosities

Etymology: The species is named after the German botanist Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794-1868).

The main identifying characteristics are the regular leaf splits (to about half way), 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.

Trachycarpus martianus var. 'kassia hills'. Once known as Trachycarpus khasianus, is the most elegant species in the genus. Its slender, bare trunk supports a full but open crown of elegantly arching, very regular and much segmented, large fan leaves. It is quite fast and easy growing. Well suited to subtropical as well as temperate climates it will tolerate moderate frosts.

Trachycarpus martianus var. 'Nepal'. Similar to Trachycarpus martianus 'Khasia Hills', this form from the Himalayas in Nepal, has slightly smaller leaves with fewer segments and is more tolerant of frost and drought as it grows further north at higher altitudes.

"Nice looking Trachycarpus but without the fuzzy stems of the more common species. This one has longer, droopier petioles and very finely divided perfectly shaped fan leaves. It's a moderate grower and does best in a Mediterranean climate (not a great palm for hot, humid environments, reportedly... yet I saw some growing in Hawaii that looked very healthy). This palm is agonizingly slow as a seedling for me in southern California, being about 3-5x slower than T fortunei and takil." (Geoff Stein)

  • IMAGE GALLERY

  • Below Tal, Nepal. Photo by Dr. William J. Baker, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew/Palmweb.

  • Nepal. Photo by M. Gibbons & T. Spanner/Palmweb.

  • Nepal. Photo by M. Gibbons & T. Spanner/Palmweb.

  • Marsyandi valley, Nepal. Photo by M. Gibbons & T. Spanner/Palmweb.

  • At San Diego Zoo - Photo: Matt Bradford.

  • At the northern site of the Gorkha Durbar (Palace of the first king of Nepal. Photo by Alexander Nijman, edric.

  • At the northern site of the Gorkha Durbar (Palace of the first king of Nepal. Photo by Alexander Nijman

  • At the northern site of the Gorkha Durbar (Palace of the first king of Nepal. Photo by Alexander Nijman

  • At the northern site of the Gorkha Durbar (Palace of the first king of Nepal. Photo by Alexander Nijman

  • At the northern site of the Gorkha Durbar (Palace of the first king of Nepal. Photo by Alexander Nijman

  • At the northern site of the Gorkha Durbar (Palace of the first king of Nepal. Photo by Alexander Nijman

  • At the northern site of the Gorkha Durbar (Palace of the first king of Nepal. Photo by Alexander Nijman

  • At the northern site of the Gorkha Durbar (Palace of the first king of Nepal. Photo by Alexander Nijman

  • At the northern site of the Gorkha Durbar (Palace of the first king of Nepal. Photo by Alexander Nijman

  • At the northern site of the Gorkha Durbar (Palace of the first king of Nepal. Photo by Alexander Nijman

  • At the northern site of the Gorkha Durbar (Palace of the first king of Nepal. Photo by Alexander Nijman

  • At the northern site of the Gorkha Durbar (Palace of the first king of Nepal. Photo by Alexander Nijman

  • At the northern site of the Gorkha Durbar (Palace of the first king of Nepal. Photo by Alexander Nijman

  • At the northern site of the Gorkha Durbar (Palace of the first king of Nepal. Photo by Alexander Nijman

  • At the northern site of the Gorkha Durbar (Palace of the first king of Nepal. Photo by Alexander Nijman

  • At the northern site of the Gorkha Durbar (Palace of the first king of Nepal. Photo by Alexander Nijman

  • At the northern site of the Gorkha Durbar (Palace of the first king of Nepal. Photo by Alexander Nijman

  • At the northern site of the Gorkha Durbar (Palace of the first king of Nepal. Photo by Alexander Nijman

  • At the northern site of the Gorkha Durbar (Palace of the first king of Nepal. Photo by Alexander Nijman

  • At the northern site of the Gorkha Durbar (Palace of the first king of Nepal. Photo by Alexander Nijman

  • At the northern site of the Gorkha Durbar (Palace of the first king of Nepal. Photo by Alexander Nijman

  • At the northern site of the Gorkha Durbar (Palace of the first king of Nepal. Photo by Alexander Nijman

  • At the northern site of the Gorkha Durbar (Palace of the first king of Nepal. Photo by Alexander Nijman

  • At the northern site of the Gorkha Durbar (Palace of the first king of Nepal. Photo by Alexander Nijman

  • At the northern site of the Gorkha Durbar (Palace of the first king of Nepal. Photo by Alexander Nijman

  • At the northern site of the Gorkha Durbar (Palace of the first king of Nepal. Photo by Alexander Nijman

  • At the northern site of the Gorkha Durbar (Palace of the first king of Nepal. Photo by Alexander Nijman

  • At the northern site of the Gorkha Durbar (Palace of the first king of Nepal. Photo by Alexander Nijman

  • At the northern site of the Gorkha Durbar (Palace of the first king of Nepal. Photo by Alexander Nijman

  • At the northern site of the Gorkha Durbar (Palace of the first king of Nepal. Photo by Alexander Nijman

  • At the northern site of the Gorkha Durbar (Palace of the first king of Nepal. Photo by Alexander Nijman

  • At the northern site of the Gorkha Durbar (Palace of the first king of Nepal. Photo by Alexander Nijman

  • At the northern site of the Gorkha Durbar (Palace of the first king of Nepal. Photo by Alexander Nijman

  • At the northern site of the Gorkha Durbar (Palace of the first king of Nepal. Photo by Alexander Nijman

  • At the northern site of the Gorkha Durbar (Palace of the first king of Nepal. Photo by Alexander Nijman

  • At the northern site of the Gorkha Durbar (Palace of the first king of Nepal. Photo by Alexander Nijman

  • At the northern site of the Gorkha Durbar (Palace of the first king of Nepal. Photo by Alexander Nijman

  • At the northern site of the Gorkha Durbar (Palace of the first king of Nepal. Photo by Alexander Nijman

  • At the northern site of the Gorkha Durbar (Palace of the first king of Nepal. Photo by Alexander Nijman

  • Photo- tropengarten.de

  • Santa Cruz, CA. var. 'kassia hills'. Photo by Dr. Axel Kratel

  • Santa Cruz, CA. var. 'kassia hills'. Photo by Dr. Axel Kratel

  • Huntington Gardens, Pasadena California. Photo by Geoff Stein

  • Huntington Gardens, Pasadena California. Photo by Geoff Stein

  • Huntington Gardens, Pasadena California. Fall. Photo by Geoff Stein

  • Huntington Gardens, Pasadena California. Spring. Photo by Geoff Stein

  • Huntington Gardens, Pasadena California. Photo by Geoff Stein

  • Huntington Gardens, Pasadena California. Photo by Geoff Stein

  • U of C Berkeley Botanical Garden. Photo by GreenEyedGuru

  • SoCal. Photo by Geoff Stein

  • SoCal. After 26 F. Photo by Geoff Stein

  • SoCal. After 26 F. 9 months later. Photo by Geoff Stein

  • SoCal. Photo by Geoff Stein

  • SoCal. Scurf but no teeth. Photo by Geoff Stein

  • SoCal. Photo by Geoff Stein

  • Huntington Gardens, Pasadena California. Photo by growin

  • Huntington Gardens, Pasadena California. Photo by Geoff Stein

  • Photo by Katia Strounina

  • SoCal. Juvenile plant. Photo-palmgardensbergstrom.com

  • SoCal. Juvenile hastula. Top. Photo-palmgardensbergstrom.com

  • SoCal. Mature hastula. Top. Photo-palmgardensbergstrom.com

  • SoCal. Mature hastula. Top. Photo-palmgardensbergstrom.com

  • Carambeí-second tableland of the state of Paraná-south Brazil. Nepal form. Photo by Alberto Leonardo Barkema.

  • Carambeí-second tableland of the state of Paraná-south Brazil. Nepal form. Photo by Alberto Leonardo Barkema.

  • Carambeí-second tableland of the state of Paraná-south Brazil. From left to right : 2 T. matianus Khasia Hill and right a T. latisectus. Photo by Alberto Leonardo Barkema.

  • Nepal form. Photo-kleinerbaum.ch

External Links

References

Phonetic spelling of Latin names by edric.

Special thanks to Geoff Stein, (Palmbob) for his hundreds of photos.

Special thanks to Palmweb.org, Dr. John Dransfield, Dr. Bill Baker & team, for their volumes of information and photos.

Glossary of Palm Terms; Based on the glossary in Dransfield, J., N.W. Uhl, C.B. Asmussen-Lange, W.J. Baker, M.M. Harley & C.E. Lewis. 2008. Genera Palmarum - Evolution and Classification of the Palms. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. All images copyright of the artists and photographers (see images for credits).


Many Special Thanks to Ed Vaile for his long hours of tireless editing and numerous contributions.

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