Livistona chinensis

Stems to 15 m tall, 20-30 cm in diameter, rough with leaf scars. Leaves are 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 c. half their length into 50-90 segments, these split and pendulous at apices. Inflorescences are 1-1.2 m, branched to three orders, with six or seven partial inflorescences;rachillae 10-18 cm;flowers hermaphroditic, borne in clusters of 4-7, white or yellow, 2-2.5 mm. Fruits are green or blue-green, globose to ellipsoid or pear-shaped, 1.5-2.6 x 0.9-1.8 cm (Flora of China Editorial Committee, 2016).