Chinese Women In City Park Where Tall Palm Trees Grow.

Tall palm trees growing in the city park in Nanning had trunks with smooth bark feeling like concrete to the touch. It was only at the top of the palm trees that leaves grew, but we saw no sign of any fruit to help identity the type of palm tree. The first time we had viewed this type of tree was at the Botanical Gardens on Calabash Island., on a visit to Xishuangbanna but it was a close up view of the trunk with its steel like bark to which we were introduced; we were not able to view the palm tree from a distance, in the same way that we were able to see the palm trees in the Nanning Park.

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Xishuangbanna or Sipsongpanna is an autonomous prefecture in southern Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China. The capital city is Jinghong, the largest settlement in the area and one that straddles the Lancang (Mekong) river. The prefecture has an area of 19700 km². The native name literally means "twelve thousand rice fields". Xishuangbanna is the home of the Dai people. The region sits at a lower altitude than most of Yunnan, and has a tropical climate. It is fast becoming a sought after tourist destination. Src: Wikipedia.org. '''''