Kiko Rivera
ചിറ്റീന്തൽ
Chamaerops humilis L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Little
- tall
- 3.2 m
- wide
- 4.0 m
Arecaceae
Formerly Corypha humilis, Phoenix humilis
When it flowers
JFMAMJJASOND
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Subshrub or shrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- W. & C. Medit.Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 1.8 m to 4.6 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 1.8 m to 6.1 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Flowers
- YellowRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -12.1 °C (USDA zone 8a)Read from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: NC State Extension -12.2 °C; Wikipedia -12 °C
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (5)
- Chinese
- 矮棕, 叢櫚
- Asturian
- palmera nana
- American English
- European fan palm
- Polish
- chamerops niski, karłatka niska, palmiczka
- Malayalam
- ചിറ്റീന്തൽ
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 2.5
- 3D model: Chamaerops humilis (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.