Which fruit grows on Palm Trees?

BRY2K

The fruits either take the form of berries (dates) or nuts (coconuts). The general structure of the fruit begins with the seed, surrounded by an outer shell, which is often covered by a hairy skin. Outside of this is the fleshy, edible part of the fruit covered by the fruit skin. The fruit grows in nearly every color. http://www.ehow.com/how_2049153_identify-palm-trees.html Oct 27 09, 4:17 PM

star_gazer

Dates. http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_Palm Oct 27 09, 4:48 PM

queproblema

That's like asking what kind of fruit grows on citrus trees! There are many kinds of palm fruits. Dozens or hundreds. Maybe thousands. "Arecaceae or Palmae...the palm family, is a family of flowering plants,... There are roughly 202 currently known genera with around 2600 species,..." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arecales Besides the coconut and the well-known sweet fruits like dates, there are starchy fruits like Bactris gasipaes, and then the oily ones from which the dubious palm oil is made. And let's not forget the newly popular acai, a berry-like fruit. "...Bactris gassipaes...is...prized for its edible fruit... The flesh is deep orange and mealy like a Caribbean sweet potato, but more fibrous. Because of its high starch content, it feels and tastes like a tuber or a green plantain, with very little sweetness." http://www.accesscom.com/~jfinger/cali2/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bactris_gasipaes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_palm http://www.nature.org/success/art15110.html Oct 27 09, 7:17 PM