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Multipurpose Palms You Can Grow

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Table of Contents

1. Palm Facts

  • Palm Ethnobotany
  • Principal Divisions of the Palm Family
  • Astonishing Palm Facts

2. Uses of Palms Throughout the World

  • Ecological Uses of Palms
  • Food Uses of Palms
  • Building Materials from Palms

3. The Coconut Palm

  • The Coconut is Used Throughout the World
  • Ecological Uses of the Coconut
  • The Coconut for Nourishment
  • Craft Uses of the Coconut

4. Palms for Staple Food

  • The Coconut
  • The Date Palm
  • The Palmyra Palms
  • The Doum Palms
  • The Buriti Palm

5. Palms for Edible Fruits

  • The Salak Palm
  • The Peach Palm
  • The Rattan Palms
  • The Chonta Palm

6. Palms for Drinks, Sugar and Starch

  • The Nipa Palm
  • The Raphia Palms
  • The Sago Palms
  • The Sugar Palm
  • The Fishtail Palm

7. Palms for Vegetables

  • The Pacaya Palms
  • The Peach Palm
  • The Coconut Palm
  • The Assai Palm

8. Palms for Oil

  • The African Oil Palm
  • The Coconut Palm
  • The Babassu Palm
  • The Murumuru and Other Wild Palms

9. Cultivating Palms

  • Collecting Seeds and Plants
  • Germination Seeds
  • Care in the Nursery
  • Planting Out Palms

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