Palm Tree Facts

Palm Trees are a group of 2780 species of tropical trees and shrubs.
Palm Trees have a few very large leaves called fronds.
The fronds grow from the main bud at the top of a tall thin trunk.
If the main bud at the top of the trunk is damaged, the tree will stop growing and die.
Palm trunks do not get thicker like other trees; they simply grow taller.
Some Palm Trees have trunks no bigger than a pencil; others are 60 m high and 1 m across.
Palm fruits vary enormously. Some are no bigger than a pea. The fruit of the coco-de-mer coconut palm is the biggest seed in the world, growing over 60 cm across.
The world’s largest leaves are those of the
Raffia palm, which grow up to 20 m long.
Palm trees are a very ancient group of plants, and fossil Palm Trees have been found dating back 100 million years to the time of the dinosaurs.
Date Palm Trees have been cultivated in the hottest parts of North Africa and the Middle East for at least 5000 years. Muslims regard it as the tree of life.

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