Resources Tagged: Palms

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  1. Acrocomia aculeata - Gru-Gru Palm

    Edible Portion:Kernels, Sap, Fruit, Nuts, Seeds, Cabbage, Young Leaves, Palm Heart, Oil, A single stemmed palm. It is spiny on the trunk. It grows 12 m tall. The trunk is stout and grey. It is 30 cm across. The leaves are feather like. They are 1-2 m long. The fronds are dark green but paler...
    Acrocomia aculeata Gru-Gru Palm Palms Palm Varieties Sap Fruits Edible Seeds Nuts Edible Nuts Cabbage Edible Leaves Palm Heart Oil Plant Information FPI

  2. Attalea crassispatha - Carossier

    Edible Portion: Seeds, Fruit A tall palm. It grows 20 m high. The trunk can be 25-35 cm wide. The crown is nearly rounded. There are 15-19 leaves. Theleaves are 3.1-4 m long. There are regularly spaced leaflets. They grow in a single flat plane. The flowering stalk is borneamong the leaves. They...
    Fruits Carossier Edible Seeds Palms Palm Varieties FPI Plant Information

  3. Bactris plumeriana - Coco Macaco

    Edible Portion: Fruit A palm which forms clusters. The trunks are 8-10 m high and 12 cm across. The stems are dark. There are dark rings of longblack spines. There are 7-12 leaves. The leaves are 2.6 m long. They are covered with black spines. The spines on the leafstalk are in 3 rows. There are...
    Fruits Fruit Trees Palms Palm Varieties Coco Macaco FPI Plant Information

  4. Calyptronoma plumeriana - Manaca

    Edible Poriton: Male flowers A solitary palm. It grows 4-10 m high. The trunks are 10-20 cm across. There are 12-16 leaves. The leaves have leaflets alongthe stalk. These are regularly arranged and spread in the same plane. Both male and female flowers occur on the one plant.The flowering stalks...
    Fruits Edible Flowers FPI Plant Information Manaca Palms Palm Varieties

  5. Arenga pinnata - Black Sugar Palm

    Edible Portion: Juice - Flowers, Sap, Seeds, Cabbage, Sago, Starch, Palm Heart A large palm. It grows to 18 m high. It forms one trunk 30 cm across and covered with old leaf bases and black fibres. It hasspines 7.5 cm long. It has long leaves which reach upwards. They have leaflets along the...
    Black Sugar Plum Plum Palm Varieties Palms Edible Flowers Sap Edible Seeds Palm Heart FPI Plant Information

  6. Washingtonia robusta - Desert Fan Palm

    Edible portion:Fruit, Seeds, Palm heart, Cabbage A fan palm. It can be 40 m tall. The trunk is thinner than Washingtonia filifera. It is flared widely at the base. The trunk can be covered with dead leaves. The leaves are large and fan shaped. They are green on both surfaces. There are brown...
    Palms Fruits Edible Seeds FPI Plant Information Edible Plants

  7. Lethal Yellowing of Palms

    1983-01-01 Lethal yellowing is a pandemic disease of coconut palm which has a high potential to become an international threat to palm trees. This publication looks at thesearch for a cause, where it has spread to, control and the biology.
    Florida Palms Diseases and Pest Coconut palm Palm Varieties

  8. Sago Palm, Metroxylon sagu Rottb.

    1997-01-19 Promoting the conservation and use of underutilized and neglected crops. 13 76 pages, illustrated, photos
    Sago palms Underutilized Crops Useful Tree Tropical Trees Palm Varieties Palms

  9. Palms for the Home and Garden

    1983-01-01 Palms for the Home and Garden is a much-needed general reference on the choice, care, and management of the many different types of palm now widely available.
    Palms Palm Varieties New Zealand Australia

  10. Indoor Gardener's Green Thumb Guide

    1974-01-01 This book discusses the different plants that can be grown indoors, as well as providing information on apartment gardening, pots for plants, plant pest, and much more.
    Indoor Gardening Ferns Palms Plant Propagation