Trachycarpus takil. Kumaon Palm
Trachycarpus are dioecious evergreen palms with stout, solitary stems bearing rounded leaves palmately divided into linear segments, with pendulous panicles of small flowers followed on female plants by globose fruits.
This species is perhaps the hardiest of all Trachycarpus, coming, as it does, from cool, moist, oak forests in the Himalayas in Kumaon, northern India, to an altitude of 2400 m (8000 ft.), where the winters are bitterly cold and snow is common. In appearance, it is similar to T. fortunei, but taller, more vigorous, and larger in all its parts. Also, its fibers are shorter and shed more readily, leaving a naturally bare trunk.

Cultivation: Grow in any well-drained, fertile soil in full sun or lightly dappled shade. Flowers: Pale Yellow in Summer. Foliage: Dark Green. Fruits: Black and Dark Blue in Autumn. Evergreen. Suggested Plant Uses: Architectural, City/Courtyard Gardens, Drought Resistant, Mediterranean, Patio/Container Plants or Sub-tropical.