Arecaceae
Fountain palm
Livistona chinensis
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Livistona
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Common names
By language (22)
- Arabic
- لخبة صينية
- arz
- ليفستينه صينيه
- Basque
- Letania
- Cantonese
- 蒲葵樹
- cdo
- Buò-gì
- Chinese
- 蒲葵, 葵子, 蒲葵叶, 蒲葵子, 蒲葵根, 葵树
- Croatian
- Kineska livistona
- Czech
- Livingstonie čínská
- Dutch
- Chinese schermpalm
- English
- Fountain palm, Chinese fan palm, Fan palm, Chinese fountain palm
- Finnish
- Kiinansädepalmu
- French
- Latanier de Chine
- Hebrew
- ליויסטונה צ'יננסיס
- Hungarian
- Kínai legyezőpálma
- Japanese
- ビロウ, 枇榔, 檳榔, 蒲葵
- Macedonian
- Кинеска ливистона
- Persian
- پالم فن چینی
- Polish
- Liwistona chińska
- szy
- Nipaluma-tangsuy, tangsoy
- Thai
- ปาล์มจีน
- Vietnamese
- Cọ xẻ, Cây kè
- za
- Gobeizsen
Synonyms
- Chamaerops biroo Siebold ex Mart.
- Corypha robusta H.Wendl. ex Devansaye
- Latania chinensis Jacq.
- Latania oliviformis (Hassk.) Devansaye
- Livistona chinensis var. chinensis
- Livistona chinensis var. subglobosa (Hassk.) Becc.
- Livistona japonica Nakai ex Masam.
- Livistona mauritiana Wall. ex Mart.
- Livistona oliviformis (Hassk.) Mart.
- Livistona sinensis Griff.
- Livistona subglobosa (Hassk.) Mart.
- Saribus chinensis (Jacq.) Blume
- Saribus oliviformis Hassk.
- Saribus subglobosus Hassk.
Flowers
- In flower
- December (from 5 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Cookie assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Takaaki Hattori, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ben Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Damien Wallace, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: ImagePerson, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ritirene, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tara Severns, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Suvarna Parbhoo Mohan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tara Severns, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Damien Wallace, CC0, from iNaturalist
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- Central Australian cabbage palmLivistona mariaeArecaceae
- Livistona speciosaArecaceae
- Livistona drudeiArecaceae
- Livistona tahanensisArecaceae
- Millstream palmLivistona alfrediiArecaceae
- Bentham's Fountain palmLivistona benthamiiArecaceae
- Livistona fulvaArecaceae
- Himalayan fan palmLivistona jenkinsianaArecaceae
- Bankouale palmLivistona carinensisArecaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.