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The Carnauba palm tree is an endemic species to the Caatinga, an exclusive Brazilian biome, comprising a total area of 826,411 km².The latter is present in eight of the nine Northeastern states: Piauí, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, Bahia, and it is also present in a northern strip of Minas Gerais.
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The Arecaceae (/ ˌ ær ə ˈ k eɪ s i. iː,-ˌ aɪ /) is a family of perennial, flowering plants in the monocot order Arecales.Their growth form can be climbers, shrubs, tree-like and stemless plants, all commonly known as palms.
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Howea forsteriana, the Kentia palm, thatch palm or palm court palm, is a species of flowering plant in the palm family, Arecaceae, endemic to Lord Howe Island in Australia. It is also widely grown on Norfolk Island. It is a relatively slow-growing palm, eventually growing up to 10 m (33 ft) tall by 6 m (20 ft) wide.
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The top of the plant has one or more crowns of strap-shaped leaves that may be spiny, [2] [3] varying between species from 30 centimetres (12 inches) to 2 m (6 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft) or longer, and from 1.5 cm (5 ⁄ 8 in) up to 10 cm (4 in) broad. They are dioecious, with male and female flowers produced on different plants.