Livistona chinensis
(Arecaceae)
Names and origins
Characters
Ecology
Uses
Conservation
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Forest type (costal, hill, lowland, peatswamp, mountains, kerangas...)
Forest Layer (emergent, canopy, understory, forest floor, liana...)
Pioneer tree, late sucessional tree
Symbiotic microorganisms (Nitrogen-fixing bacteria, ectomycorrhiza)
Seed dispersal by animals
Pollination by birds, bats, bees, beetles
Symbiosis with animals, ants
Flowering habits and frequency
Seed germination conditions and time
<p>Despite the palm is slow growing, Livistona chinensis is of easy cultivate even may stand low temperatures up to -6 °C. It may plant on poor soil and could stand to long drought periods. The plant is propagated by seed, which germinates in 2-3 months.</p> <p>Livistona chinenis can become an invasive species in some ecosystem such as happen in Bermuda, Hawaii, Florida and Caribbean Islands.</p>
Livistona chinensis (Arecaceae) Livistona chinensis (Arecaceae)