棕榈科箬棕属(Sobal),主要分布于温带美洲和西印度群岛地区;北美的佐治亚、佛罗里达和德克萨斯州的南部,纬度相当于我国长江以南地区。我国六十年代从国外引种,栽培于露地,表现相当耐寒,在广州地区经历过-2℃左右的几次特大寒潮、轻度结冰、长期低温阴雨等情况下,均没有发生冻害。亦曾经过8—10级台风而未受损,有较强的抗风力,因此能被我国华南各地选作行道树或绿化树种栽培利用。 Palm Sobal, mainly in temperate zone of the Americas and West Indies; North America, Georgia, Florida and southern Texas, latitude equivalent to the south of the Yangtze River in our country. China introduced in the 1960s from abroad, cultivated in the open field, the performance is quite cold, in Guangzhou area experienced -2 ​​℃ or so of a few large cold, light icing, long-term low temperature, rainy days and so on, were not frozen. It has also been subjected to 8-10 typhoons without damage and has strong wind resistance. Therefore, it can be cultivated and used as a road tree or afforestation tree in various parts of South China.