Trachycarpus excelsus; hemp palm

Japanese: シュロ(棕櫚) - シュロ（英語表記）Trachycarpus excelsus; hemp palm

An evergreen tall tree of the palm family. It is also called Wajuro (Japanese palm). Native to southern Kyushu. There are no wild ones at present, and it is widely cultivated in warm areas. It is the most cold-resistant of the palm family, so it can be cultivated as far as the Tohoku region. It has no branches, but produces many large leaves at the end of the trunk. It is dioecious and produces yellow-white flowers in spikes in early summer. Young leaves are bleached to make hats and mats, and the strong fibers (so-called palm bark) that remain in the sheath of the trunk are used as material for ropes and brushes. A species that is very similar to this species and is often cultivated is the Tojuro (Chinese palm) T. wagnerianus . Native to southern mainland China, it is smaller overall than the Wajuro, and can be distinguished by the fact that part of the mid-vein on the underside of the leaf protrudes away from the leaf surface.

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Japanese:

ヤシ科の常緑高木。ワジュロ (和棕櫚) ともいう。九州南部原産。現在野生のものはなく，暖地に広く栽植されている。ヤシ科のなかでは最も耐寒性が強いので東北地方まで栽培可能である。枝はなく幹の先端に多数の大型の葉を出す。雌雄異株で初夏に穂状花序をなして黄白色の花をつける。若い葉をさらして帽子や敷物などをつくり，幹の鞘部に残る強靭な繊維 (いわゆるシュロ皮) を縄や刷毛 (はけ) などの材料に用いる。本種によく似ていてしばしば栽培されるものにトウジュロ (唐棕櫚) T. wagnerianusがある。中国大陸南部の原産で，全体にワジュロより小型，葉の裏に主脈の一部が葉面から離れて突き出しているので区別できる。

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