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The Arecaceae (/ ˌ ær ə ˈ k eɪ s i. iː,-ˌ aɪ /) is a family of perennial, flowering plants in the monocot order Arecales.Their growth form can be climbers, shrubs, tree-like and stemless plants, all commonly known as palms.
The fruit is a large reddish-black drupe and is an important food source for wildlife and historically for humans. The plant is used as a food plant by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species such as Batrachedra decoctor, which feeds on the plant, including the interior of the inflorescence. [7]: 628–631
Palmeria is a genus of about 17 species of flowering plants in the family Monimiaceae mostly native to Australia and New Guinea. One species (Palmeria arfakiana) is also native to Sulawesi and the Bismarck Archipelago. Plants in the genus Palmeria are woody climbers or climbing shrubs with usually 7 to 15 flowers, the flowers either male or female.
The male plants are blade-like and produce spermatia which fertilize the carpogonia of the female crust. The female gametophyte is very small stunted or encrusted, the carpogonia , the female nucleus, apparently occurring as single cells in the young plants.
Amaranthus palmeri is a species of edible flowering plant in the amaranth genus. It has several common names, including carelessweed, [1] dioecious amaranth, [2] Palmer's amaranth, Palmer amaranth, and Palmer's pigweed. It is native to most of the southern half of North America. Populations in the eastern United States are probably naturalized ...
The young plants are cooked as a vegetable or roasted and pounded to make meal. The fruits are eaten roasted or raw, as are the young, jelly-like seeds. A sugary sap , called toddy , can be obtained from the young inflorescence, both male and female, and this is fermented to make a beverage called arrack , or concentrated to produce a crude ...
Grazing animals can kill young plants through trampling, or by eating the terminus at the apical meristem, the growing portion of the plant. This may have kept palms restricted to a lesser range than indicated by the availability of water. The palm boring beetle Dinapate wrightii (Bostrichidae) can chew through the trunks of this and other ...
The plant is known as tala (තල) in Sri Lanka, by local Sinhalese people. In Cambodia, the palm is known as tréang (it was also known by the French name latanier), and as noted above was extensively used in the past to write religious manuscripts. [9] In recent times the leaf media has been used by traditional healers and soothsayers.