Arecaceae
Chinese windmill palm
Trachycarpus fortunei
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Trachycarpus
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Common names
By language (35)
- Arabic
- نغبول, نخل دغل, نخل مروحة
- azb
- فورتونا تراخیکارپوسو
- Azerbaijani
- Fortuna traxikarpusu
- Basque
- Txinako palmondo
- Bulgarian
- Китайска конопена палма
- Cantonese
- 棕櫚
- Catalan
- Palmera excelsa
- cdo
- Cĕ̤ng-chéu
- Chinese
- 棕榈, 棕櫚, 栟榈, 棕果, 棕树, 棕树心, 棕榈叶, 棕榈子
- Czech
- Trachykarpus žíněný
- Danish
- Hørpalme
- English
- Chinese windmill palm, Chusan palm, Chinese hemp palm, Hemp palm, Windmill palm, Miniature Chusan palm, Waggie, Wagner's windmill palm
- Esperanto
- Ĉinia traĥikarpo, Treĉina palmo, Ĉinia kanabopalmo
- Finnish
- Kuitupalmu
- French
- Palmier de Chine, Palmier chanvre, Palmier de Chusan, Palmier-chanvre, Palmier miniature de Chusan
- Galician
- Palmeira de abano
- German
- Chinesische Hanfpalme, Tessiner Palme
- hak
- Chûng-su
- hsb
- Chinska konopjowa palma
- Hungarian
- Kínai kenderpálma, Japán kenderpálma
- Italian
- Palma di Fortune
- Japanese
- シュロ, ワジュロ, 和棕櫚, 棕梠, 棕櫚, 椶櫚
- Korean
- 당종려
- lzh
- 棕
- Macedonian
- Кинеска влакнеста палма, Кинеска конопна палма
- nan
- Chang
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Vindmøllepalme
- Persian
- نخل آسیابی
- Polish
- Szorstkowiec Fortunego, Szorstkowiec Fortune'a
- Russian
- Трахикарпус форчуна
- Slovak
- Trachykarp konopný
- Spanish
- Palmera china de abanico, Palmera de molino de viento, Palmera excelsa, Palmito elevado
- Swedish
- Väderkvarnspalm
- Turkish
- Telli Palmiye
- za
- Go'gvang
Synonyms
- Chamaerops fortunei Hook.
- Trachycarpus caespitosus Becc.
- Trachycarpus wagnerianus Becc.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May, October to December (from 19 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Timur Kalininsky, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Grey Smith, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alice Shanks, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jay Pruett, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Михаил Орлов, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Taken by Fanghong, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Peter de Lange, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ygmr01, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ali Berkay Şahin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sun Jiao, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joe Potter Butler, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sun Jiao, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.