Trachycarpus martianus
Trachycarpus martianus is a species in the genus Trachycarpus from two distinct populations, one at in the Khasia Hills, Meghalaya Province, in northeast India, the other at in central northern Nepal. Other populations have been reported in Assam, Sikkim, Burma and southern China. The main identifying characteristics are the regular leaf splits, the coffee bean shaped seeds and the bare, as opposed to fibrous trunk. The new leaf spear and edges of the petioles are covered with a white tomentum.
The species is named after the German botanist Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.
It is used in making Jhapi, a traditional head cover often used to felicitate guests in Assam.
