Livistona chinensis seed

Livistona chinensis is also known as chinese fan palm or Chinese fountain palm.

It is sometimes named Latania chinensis. As suggests its common names, it is native to china.

The Chinese fan palm may reach 15 m tall, but is generally smaller, with a more modest size of 6-9 m. It has a smooth grey stipe, and a dense canopy made of slightly drooping palmate leaves.
The Chinese fan palm has an evergreen dense canopy, made of palmate leaves that can be up to 1.50 m long.

These leaves are made of leaflets that are slightly drooping, and that give a graceful aspect to this palm.
The Chinese fan palm has a yellow-cream inflorescence.