![]() With over 2,500 palm species, you can find any trunk imaginable. Travelers Palm Tree (Ravenala madagascariensis). Taraw Palm, Bailey’s Copernicia Palm, and Date Palm all have stems with sharp spines along the margins. Traveler’s Palm and Triangle Palm have very unique leaf formation at the base reminding me of the peacock tail.īismarck Palm has a very large dramatic crown with distinctive silver-green leaf stems and fronds. Some can be armed with sharp teeth along the edges. Leaf stems can also be an identifying factor since they can also vary in color, size and formation. Purple King Palm Tree (Archontophoenix purpurea). Orange Crownshaft Palm Tree (Areca vestiaria). Palms with crownshaft tend to be “self cleaning” meaning the dying leaves fall to the ground without pruning. ![]() Crownshaft can differ in color from the trunk, like in case of a Lipstick Palm that has striking red crownshaft or a King Palm that has reddish purple crownshaft. On some palms leaf bases create a waxy and smooth structure called crownshaft. Metallica Palm Tree (Chamaedorea metallica). Joey Palm Tree (Johannesteijsmannia altifrons). A good example are Joey Palm and Miniature Fishtail Palm. ![]() It’s not divided and doesn’t have individual leaflets. Entire LeafĪlso a very rare is a entire (simple) leaf type which composed of a single leaflet or a blade. This type of palms are very rare occurring only in single type of palm called Fishtail Palm (Caryota).įishtail Palm (Caryota mitis). These palms have a secondary leaf stem that is attached to the primary one, and the leaflets are connected to the secondary stem at regular intervals. Red Latan Palm Tree (Latania lontaroides). Some of the palms with costapalmate leaf types are Blue Latan Palm, Red Latan Palm, Fiji Fan Palm, and Chinese Fan Palm. They are often twisted and folded sharply along the tip of the of the leaf stem. They have a short midrib instead of a center point from which the leaf segments radiate. While the Costapalmate palms are a subcategory of the fan-shaped palm, they look like a cross between palmate and pinnate. Windmill Palm Tree (Trachycarpus fortunei). Everglades Palm (Acoelorrhaphe wrightii). Some of the popular palms with fan-shaped leaves are Everglades Palm, European Fan Palm, Windmill Palm, and Ruffled Fan Palm. Palmate Leaf (Fan-shaped)įan-shaped fronds radiate from a central point along the stem like fingers on your hand. Sylvester Date Palm Tree (Phoenix sylvestris). Some of the popular palm trees with pinnate leaves are Buccaneer Palm, Majesty Palm, Queen Palm, and Sylvester Date Palm.īuccaneer Palm (Pseudophoenix sargentii). Pinnate (Feather like) fronds consist of separate long leaflets that grown from the central stalk. Another two subcategories that are worth mentioning are costapalmate and bi-pannate. Most of the palms fall into pinnate or palmate categories. Palms can be categorized into three main leaf types which are: pinnate (feather-shaped), palmate (fan-shaped) and entire (simple). On many palms the leaf base remains on the trunk even after the frond drops off creating a distinctive pattern.īut the easiest place to start are the leaves. The leaf base is the part where the stem attaches to the trunk. Palm leaves consist of three parts: leaf base, leaf stem, and leaf itself.
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