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Also Known As	Arecaceae • Palmae

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Dense grove of acai palm trees (Euterpe oleracea) with slender trunks and abundant green fronds growing on Combu Island in Belem, Para, Brazil.

Yatay palm trees scattered across dry grassland and low shrubs in El Palmar National Park, Argentina, under a clear blue sky.

View looking up at the leafy canopy of a Bactris gasipaes palm tree with clusters of red pejibaye fruit hanging beneath the fronds.

A woman crouches on the ground weaving large green coconut palm fronds into mats, surrounded by palm leaves, in an outdoor workspace in Chapra, India.

Cluster of ripe, reddish-orange oil palm fruits (Elaeis guineensis) with dark tips, tightly packed together.

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Tall babassu palm tree with a slender trunk and large, feathery fronds, standing among other palms under a partly cloudy sky in Piaui, Brazil.

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