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These human uses have also spread many Arecaceae species around the world. [33] Along with dates mentioned above, members of the palm family with human uses are numerous: The type member of Arecaceae is the areca palm (Areca catechu), the fruit of which, the areca nut, is chewed with the betel leaf for intoxicating effects.
The fruit is edible for humans, as are the palm hearts. Other human uses for the plant include wood for walking sticks, bows, and fishing rods. [12] The fruits are fed to pigs. [2] It is occasionally processed for oil. [13] It is a very important fiber plant for many local peoples.
Also known as Tuscan kale, Tuscan cabbage, Italian kale, dinosaur kale, flat back cabbage, palm tree kale, or black Tuscan palm Brassica rapa subsp. rapa: Turnip: Leaves popular in the southern United States, Galicia, Spain (Grelos) [47] [48] [49] Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis: Bok Choi [50] Brassica oleracea var. sabauda L. Chinese Savoy [51]
The Canary Island date palm differs from the date palm in having a stouter trunk, more leaves to the crown, more closely spaced leaflets, and deep green rather than grey-green leaves. The fruit of P. canariensis is edible, but rarely eaten by humans because of their small size and thin flesh.
Leaves can be up to 3 m (10 feet) long. Each leaf is made of many pairs of leaflets shaped like tail fins that give this palm its name. [10] Flowers are purple and grow on hanging spikes. [10] Its fruits turn dark purple or red when they are ripe, they are harmful to humans. [7] [11] The tree slowly deteriorates not long after it bears fruit. [10]
Heart of palm is a vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees, most notably the coconut (Cocos nucifera), juçara (Euterpe edulis), açaí palm (Euterpe oleracea), palmetto (Sabal spp.), and peach palm. Heart of palm may be eaten on its own, and often it is eaten in a salad.
Common names in English include areca palm, areca nut palm, betel palm, betel nut palm, Indian nut, Pinang palm and catechu. [1] This palm is commonly called the betel tree because its fruit, the areca nut , which are often chewed along with the betel leaf , a leaf from a vine of the family Piperaceae .
The açaí palm (/ ə ˈ s aɪ. iː /, Portuguese: ⓘ, from Nheengatu asai), [2] Euterpe oleracea, is a species of palm tree cultivated for its fruit (açaí berries, or simply açaí), hearts of palm (a vegetable), leaves, and trunk wood. Global demand for the fruit has expanded rapidly in the 21st century, and the tree is cultivated for that ...