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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. Coastal palms 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. Betel nuts for betel chewing Tall babassu palm tree with a slender trunk and large, feathery fronds, standing among other palms under a partly cloudy sky in Piaui, Brazil. Rainforest biodiversity Desert oasis
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Royal palm (Roystonea regia).
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Acai
Wild acai palms (Euterpe oleracea) growing on Combu Island in Belem, state...
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Palm savanna
Yatay palms (Butia yatay) sprinkled across the savanna in El Palmar National...
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Coastal palms
Panoramic view of the beach of Boca del Drago, Bocas del Toro, Panama.
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Peach palm
A pair of peach palm (Bactris gasipaes) bearing edible fruits known as palm...
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Coconut frond weaving
A woman weaving a large coconut frond (a single leaf) to use as a mat in Chapra,...
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Oil palm fruits
A close-up of the fruits of the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis).
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Betel nuts for betel chewing
Her smile stained red from betel chewing, an Indian woman sorts the fruits of the...
© Matjaz Corel/Alamy
Babassu palm
A tall babassu palm (Attalea speciosa) in Piauí, Brazil.
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Rainforest biodiversity
A flock of scarlet and red-and-green macaws flying in Amazonas rainforest in Manu...
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Desert oasis
Date palms (Phoenix dactylifera) in the Sahara desert.
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Superlative seeds
Known as cocos de mer, or double coconuts, the fruits of the palm Lodoicea maldivica...
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A bad place to slip
A close-up of the spine-covered trunk of a chunga palm (Astrocaryum standleyanum)...
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Palm leaves
Pinnate palm leaves, or fronds.
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Palm inflorescences
A date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) laden with orange inflorescences of flowers,...
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Acai fruits
A cluster of fresh acai fruits in a Brazilian rainforest.
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Fossil record
A fossil fan palm from Green River, Wyoming.
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Barbados
Palm trees by the ocean, Barbados.
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carnauba wax
Carnauba palm (Copernicia prunifera).
Tacarijus
Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera)
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doum palm
Doum palm (Hyphaene thebaica).
Marco Schmidt
palm trees in Guadeloupe
Palm trees on a beach, Guadeloupe.
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Malaysia: rainforest
Palm trees in a tropical rainforest landscape, Malaysia.
© Stéphane Bidouze/stock.adobe.com
Royal palm (Roystonea regia).
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wind bending palm trees
Wind bending palm trees on a golf course, Maui, Hawaii.
Karl Weatherly—Photodisc/Thinkstock
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