As recorded for California Fan Palm
Washingtonia filifera
California Fan Palm
- Habit
- Palm
- Native to
- Arizona to California
Ecology & growing context
- Native status · Kew WCVP
- WCVP native range does not include India Kew dataset ↗︎
Kew WCVP dataset; accepted-name match. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: S. California to SW. & C. Arizona and Mexico (Baja California, W. Sonora). Not listed native does not establish introduction or absence from India.
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How to identify California Fan Palm
Identify California Fan Palm by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a palm habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Fan leaves fringed with long curling threads.
- Confirm leaf type: Palmately compound (fan-shaped fronds).
- Confirm fruit type: Drupe.
- Confirm it sits within the Arecaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is California Fan Palm.
Plant Details
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Palmately compound (fan-shaped fronds)recorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for California Fan Palm itself; the rest are typical of the Arecaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Fruit type
- DruperecordedA fleshy fruit with a single hard stone/pit enclosing the seed.“The fruit is a black drupe about 1–2 cm (0.4–0.8 in) in diameter, ripening in autumn and containing a single seed.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Inflorescence
- Panicle
Characters marked “recorded” are for California Fan Palm itself; the rest are typical of the Arecaceae family — flowering plants only.
About California Fan Palm
California Fan Palm (Washingtonia filifera) is a palm in the Arecaceae family. It is native to Arizona to California.
Uses
Locally it is grown for parts that are eaten, planted as an ornamental and stripped for fibre used in rope and matting.
Arecaceae
Palm family
California Fan Palm belongs to the Arecaceae family.
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