Trachycarpus fortunei, the Chinese windmill palm, windmill palm or Chusan palm, is a species of hardy evergreen palm tree in the family Arecaceae, native to parts of China, Japan, Myanmar and India.
Image: Trachycarpus Fortunei
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In English Bay, Vancouver, Canada
In Solomons Island, Maryland, US
Robert Fortune was a Scottish botanist, plant hunter and traveller, best known for introducing around 250 new ornamental plants, mainly from China, but also Japan, into the gardens of Britain, Australia, and the USA. He also played a role in the development of the tea industry in India in the 19th century.
The remote Wuyi Mountains in Fujian Province, one of the important tea regions to which Fortune travelled.