SCIENTIFIC NAME: Livistona rotundifolia

COMMON NAME(S): Footstool palm, Round leaf fan palm
SUB FAMILY: Coryphoideae
TRIBE: Corypheae
ORIGIN: Philippines, Indonesia
HARDINESS ZONES: 10B-11 (damaged but recovered at 24 degrees F)
TYPICAL MAXIMUM HEIGHT: 35'
GROWTH RATE: Moderate
HABIT: Solitary; canopy of 30-50 leaves
SALT TOLERANCE: Low
DROUGHT TOLERANCE: Moderate
SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Widely adaptable
LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Moderate; high
NUTRITION REQUIREMENTS: Moderate
POPULAR USES: Specimen tree; foliage plant
HUMAN HAZARDS: Spiny
POPULAR OR RECOMMENDED CULTIVARS: None

COMMENTS: This beautiful but less hardy Livistona makes a lovely container specimen when young, the leaves forming almost perfect circles. Juvenile leaves are also only shallowly divided. Unlike many of the hardier species, the segments of the bright green, glossy leaves do not droop regularly. The trunk, whether covered with a mat of fiber and protruding leaf bases or clean and revealing the red ring scars, is also striking in appearance. Similar species: L. robinsoniana (Philippines), is similar in aspect but taller growing.