Palm trees are a botanical family, including perennial tropical vines, trees and shrubs.
There are about 2600 palm types.
Most palms are suitable for tropical and subtropical climates.
Palm trees develop in humid and warm climates, but can be found in many different habitats. Their diversity is highest in the wet, plain forests.
Most palms are distinguished by large, compound, non-leafing leaves; these leaves
on an unbroken roots.
The life of a palm tree depends on the species and extends to 100 years.
A palm tree is a structure that keeps the bushy leaves of the tree above the plant cover. Sometimes it can be fleshy and quite woody at other times (change).
However, there is no classic shell. For the size of the body, the diameter varies from 1.5 centimeters (half the diameter) to 1.2 meters (4 feet) in diameter. Body color is usually brown, gray or green.
The leaves of palm trees are described as fringes, feathered leaves or fan leaves.
There is a spiral formation and they are located on the top of a palm tree in the crown of trees.
Flowers grow during the flowering season, the branches are a special structure to carry a large number of tiny flowers. Flowers are usually small and white and star-shaped. The leaves are usually in triplicate.
The most common fruit grown from palm trees is coconut, acai berry, various types of peaches and strawberries.
The longest palm tree species is palm de Cera (Ceroxylon quindiuense), also known as palm palm. It is located in the humid mountainous forests of the Andes Mountains north of Colombia and Peru. These palm species can grow up to a height of 60 meters.
Dypsis minus is probably the smallest palm tree in the world and will probably reach 30 centimeters (12 inches) in height. This species is native to Madagascar.
The largest seed in the world, coco de mer, is the seed of a palm tree. Approximately 30 centimeters (12 inches) in length and can reach up to 18 kilo (40 lira) turns out
