蒲葵 Livistona chinensis
中文名（Chinese Name）：蒲葵
学名（Scientific Name）：Livistona chinensis (Jacq.) R. Br. ex Mart.
英文名（English Common Name）：fountain palm
别名（Chinese Common Name）：葵树
异名（Synonym）：Latania chinensis Jacquem. Livistona sinensis Griff. Livistona oliviformis Mart. Saribus chinensis (Jacq.) Blume Livistona mauritiana Wall. ex Mart. Saribus oliviformis Hassk. Chamaerops biroo Siebold ex Mart.
科属（Family & Genus）：棕榈科（Palmae）蒲葵属
形态特征（Description）：乔木状，高5-20米，直径20-30厘米，基部常膨大。叶阔肾状扇形，直径达1米余，掌状深裂至中部，裂片线状披针形，基部宽4-4.5厘米，顶部长渐尖，2深裂成长达50厘米的丝状下垂的小裂片，两面绿色；叶柄长；1-2米，下部两侧有黄绿色（新鲜时）或淡褐色（干后）下弯的短刺。花序呈圆锥状，粗壮，长约1米，总梗上有6-7个佛焰苞，约6个分枝花序，长达35厘米，每分枝花序基部有1个佛焰苞，分枝花序具2次或3次分枝，小花枝长10-20厘米。花小，两性，长约2毫米；花萼裂至近基部成3个宽三角形近急尖的裂片，裂片有宽的干膜质的边缘；花冠约2倍长于花萼，裂至中部成3个半卵形急尖的裂片；雄蕊6枚，其基部合生成杯状并贴生于花冠基部，花丝稍粗，宽三角形，突变成短钻状的尖头，花药阔椭圆形；子房的心皮上面有深雕纹，花柱突变成钻状。果实椭圆形（如橄榄状），长1.8-2.2厘米，直径1-1.2厘米，黑褐色。种子椭圆形，长1.5厘米，直径0.9厘米，胚约位于种脊对面的中部稍偏下。花果期4月。
分布（Distribution）：产我国南部。中南半岛亦有分布。
用途（Use）：本种在广东新会县栽培较多，用其嫩叶编制葵扇；老叶制蓑衣等，叶裂片的肋脉可制牙签；果实及根入药。
引自中国植物志英文版：FOC Vol. 23 Page 147, 148
Livistona chinensis (Jacquin) R. Brown ex Martius, Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 240. 1838.
蒲葵 pu kui| Arecaceae | Livistona
Latania chinensis Jacquin, Fragm. Bot. 1: 16. 1800; Chamaerops biroo Siebold; Livistona boninensis (Beccari) Nakai; L. chinensis var. boninensis Beccari; L. chinensis var. subglobosa (Hasskarl) Beccari; L. japonica Nakai; L. oliviformis (Hasskarl) Martius; L. sinensis Griffith; L. subglobosa (Hasskarl) Martius; Saribus chinensis (Jacquin) Blume; S. oliviformis Hasskarl; S. subglobosus Hasskarl.
Stems to 15 m tall, 20-30 cm in diam., rough with leaf scars. Leaves palmate; petioles to 1.8 m, with green or black, recurved spines along margins, spines denser proximally, fewer distally on petioles; hastula to 3 cm; blades almost circular in outline, 1.2-1.8 m wide, green on both surfaces, regularly divided to ca. 1/2 their length into 50-90 segments, these split and pendulous at apices. Inflorescences 1-1.2 m, branched to 3 orders, with 6 or 7 partial inflorescences; rachillae 10-18 cm; flowers hermaphroditic, borne in clusters of 4-7, white or yellow, 2-2.5 mm. Fruits green or blue-green, globose to ellipsoid or pear-shaped, 1.5-2.6 × 0.9-1.8 cm.
Coastal forests, often on sandy soils. Guangdong, Hainan, Taiwan [S Japan].
This species is widely planted as an ornamental throughout tropical and subtropical areas of the world.
The leaves are used for making hats, fans, brooms, and raincoats in Guangdong.
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学名（Scientific Name）：Livistona chinensis (Jacq.) R. Br. ex Mart.
英文名（English Common Name）：fountain palm
别名（Chinese Common Name）：葵树
异名（Synonym）：Latania chinensis Jacquem. Livistona sinensis Griff. Livistona oliviformis Mart. Saribus chinensis (Jacq.) Blume Livistona mauritiana Wall. ex Mart. Saribus oliviformis Hassk. Chamaerops biroo Siebold ex Mart.
科属（Family & Genus）：棕榈科（Palmae）蒲葵属
形态特征（Description）：乔木状，高5-20米，直径20-30厘米，基部常膨大。叶阔肾状扇形，直径达1米余，掌状深裂至中部，裂片线状披针形，基部宽4-4.5厘米，顶部长渐尖，2深裂成长达50厘米的丝状下垂的小裂片，两面绿色；叶柄长；1-2米，下部两侧有黄绿色（新鲜时）或淡褐色（干后）下弯的短刺。花序呈圆锥状，粗壮，长约1米，总梗上有6-7个佛焰苞，约6个分枝花序，长达35厘米，每分枝花序基部有1个佛焰苞，分枝花序具2次或3次分枝，小花枝长10-20厘米。花小，两性，长约2毫米；花萼裂至近基部成3个宽三角形近急尖的裂片，裂片有宽的干膜质的边缘；花冠约2倍长于花萼，裂至中部成3个半卵形急尖的裂片；雄蕊6枚，其基部合生成杯状并贴生于花冠基部，花丝稍粗，宽三角形，突变成短钻状的尖头，花药阔椭圆形；子房的心皮上面有深雕纹，花柱突变成钻状。果实椭圆形（如橄榄状），长1.8-2.2厘米，直径1-1.2厘米，黑褐色。种子椭圆形，长1.5厘米，直径0.9厘米，胚约位于种脊对面的中部稍偏下。花果期4月。
分布（Distribution）：产我国南部。中南半岛亦有分布。
用途（Use）：本种在广东新会县栽培较多，用其嫩叶编制葵扇；老叶制蓑衣等，叶裂片的肋脉可制牙签；果实及根入药。
引自中国植物志英文版：FOC Vol. 23 Page 147, 148
Livistona chinensis (Jacquin) R. Brown ex Martius, Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 240. 1838.
蒲葵 pu kui| Arecaceae | Livistona
Latania chinensis Jacquin, Fragm. Bot. 1: 16. 1800; Chamaerops biroo Siebold; Livistona boninensis (Beccari) Nakai; L. chinensis var. boninensis Beccari; L. chinensis var. subglobosa (Hasskarl) Beccari; L. japonica Nakai; L. oliviformis (Hasskarl) Martius; L. sinensis Griffith; L. subglobosa (Hasskarl) Martius; Saribus chinensis (Jacquin) Blume; S. oliviformis Hasskarl; S. subglobosus Hasskarl.
Stems to 15 m tall, 20-30 cm in diam., rough with leaf scars. Leaves palmate; petioles to 1.8 m, with green or black, recurved spines along margins, spines denser proximally, fewer distally on petioles; hastula to 3 cm; blades almost circular in outline, 1.2-1.8 m wide, green on both surfaces, regularly divided to ca. 1/2 their length into 50-90 segments, these split and pendulous at apices. Inflorescences 1-1.2 m, branched to 3 orders, with 6 or 7 partial inflorescences; rachillae 10-18 cm; flowers hermaphroditic, borne in clusters of 4-7, white or yellow, 2-2.5 mm. Fruits green or blue-green, globose to ellipsoid or pear-shaped, 1.5-2.6 × 0.9-1.8 cm.
Coastal forests, often on sandy soils. Guangdong, Hainan, Taiwan [S Japan].
This species is widely planted as an ornamental throughout tropical and subtropical areas of the world.
The leaves are used for making hats, fans, brooms, and raincoats in Guangdong.
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