Key ResourceEdible Portion:Fruit, Seeds - Oil, Stem A small palm. It grows up to 5 m tall. It has 40-50 leaves. The trunk has a pattern from the old leaf stubs. The trunk is stout andwoody. The leaves hang over and are blue-green. They are 1.3-2 m long and the leaflets form a V shape. Along the edge of the...
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.
2011-01-01 Originally published in 1998, this was updated in 2011 based on th most recent information regarding the conservation status and use of various tropical palm species. 240 pages, charts, photos Non-wood Forest Products, 10/Rev. 1
1993-01-01 This book covers whole dates, date products and preparations, derived date fruit products, by-products of date packing and processing, and date palm products. 216 pages, illustrated, tables FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin 101
1973-01-01 The Date Palm providesinformation regardingDate Palms including Date Palm in the old world and the new world, the commercial production of dates, climate and soil, propagation by seed and offshoots, as well as picking and packing. 247 pages
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.
Edible Portion: Fruit, Sap, Cabbage, Inner Stem, Shoots, Palm Heart A tall palm. It is unbranched up to 15 m high. The trunk is rough with persistent leaf bases. The trunk is 60-75 cm across. Thecrown is thick and half rounded to rounded. The leaves are grey-green or covered with a waxy layer....
Edible Portion: Shoots, Palm Heart, Cabbage, Fruit A rattan or vine. It forms dense clumps. It can be climbing and 25 m long. The stems can be 6 cm across. The leaf sheaths areyellowish green with brown to red hairs. The leafy stalks are 3 m long. There are 55-100 narrow leaflets on each side....
Edible Portion: Leaves, Cabbage, Palm heart A fan palm. The trunk is slender. It is 7 m high and 12 cm across. The upper part of the trunk is covered with woven fibres. Thecrown is sparse. It is 2 m wide and 2.6 m high. The leaf stalks are 60 cm long. The leaves are 1 m wide. The leaves are...