Livistona chinensis
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Livistona chinensis

Chinese fan palm

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Livistona chinensis, the Chinese fan palm or fountain palm, is a species of subtropical palm tree of east Asia. It is native to southern Japan, Taiwan, the Ryukyu Islands, southeastern China and Hainan. It is also reportedly naturalized in South Africa, Mauritius, Réunion, the Andaman Islands, Java, New Caledonia, Micronesia, Hawaii, Florida, Bermuda, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.

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Seasonality

Only 2 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

Gallery · 7 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 47 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 168 · GBIF 106 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 47 · GBIF 26
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 33 · GBIF 27
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 7 · GBIF 6
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 9 · GBIF 4
Wailuku · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 11
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 5
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 4
Waiau · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 2
Punaluʻu · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 2
Honolua · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 3
Keʻanae · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Honopou · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 1
Honokāne · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Nāwiliwili · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Hakipuʻu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Wainiha · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kaloko · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kalāheo · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1