Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Banig in the Philippines sold with various other traditional handicrafts Women weaving banigs at Saob Cave in Basey, Samar. A baníg (pronounced buh-NIG) is a traditional handwoven mat of the Philippines predominantly used as a sleeping mat or a floor mat.
In Judaism, the palm represents peace and plenty, and is one of the Four Species of Sukkot; the palm may also symbolize the Tree of Life in Kabbalah. The canopies of the Rathayatra carts which carry the deities of Krishna and his family members in the cart festival of Jagganath Puri in India are marked with the emblem of a palm tree.
Socratea exorrhiza, the walking palm or cashapona, is a palm native to rainforests in tropical Central and South America. It can grow to 25 metres in height, with a stem diameter of up to 16 cm, [1] but is more typically 15–20 m tall and 12 cm in diameter. [2] It has unusual stilt roots, the function of which has been debated.
Arenga pinnata (syn. Arenga saccharifera) is an economically important feather palm native to tropical Asia, from eastern India east to Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines in the east. [1] Common names include sugar palm, areng palm (also aren palm or arengga palm), black sugar palm, and kaong palm, among other names. [2] [3]
Pinanga is a genus of flowering plant of the palm family in the subtribe Arecinae. ... Pinanga humilis A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.Dung; Pinanga hymenospatha Hook.f.
Archontophoenix alexandrae is a tall, solitary palm growing to a height of 30 m (98 ft) with a trunk up to 30 cm (12 in) diameter, often swollen at the base, and bearing prominent leaf scars. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The graceful crown has 8 to 10 pinnate , feather-like fronds that measure up to 4.5 m (15 ft) in length, with 60 to 80 leaflets on each side ...
Washingtonia filifera, the desert fan palm, [4] California fan palm, or California palm, [5] [6] [7] is a flowering plant in the palm family Arecaceae, native to the far southwestern United States and Baja California, Mexico. Growing to 15–20 m (49–66 ft) tall by 3–6 m (10–20 ft) broad, it is an evergreen monocot with a tree-like
Beaucarnea recurvata, the elephant's foot [4] or ponytail palm, [5] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae. The species was native to numerous states of eastern Mexico but is now confined to the state of Veracruz. [1] [6] Despite its common name, it is not closely related to the true palms .