a tall, fast-growing, evergreen palm with a slender trunk that swells considerably at the base on mature specimens. Large fan-shaped leaves with leaflets up to 1.5m long are borne on spine-edged ...

the Mexican Fan Palm (Washingtonia robusta), which is disease resistant. To tell them apart, note that the Mexican Fan Palm has a trunk diameter approximately one-half that of the California Fan Palm ...

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MUMBAI, Sept 20 (Reuters) - India's palm oil production is likely to triple in six years as the area under oil palm plantations increases and as plantations become mature for harvesting ...

Only arborists can groom large palms. California fan palm, Washingtonia filifera, is the only palm that is native to California. It is naturally exclusive to very distinct ecosystems, though.

Palm trees qualify as trees merely because of their size and form. The most familiar sorts here develop trunks, and many grow quite tall.

a medium to large palm, with a robust trunk. The long leaf stalks have sharp teeth near the base, and the fan-shaped, grey-green blades up to 3m long are erect at first, then spreading and arching.

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