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Brahea armata immature yellow fruit

Brahea armata seed. Photograph courtesy of Mariana P. Beckman, DPI

Brahea armata wooly hairs and marginal teeth on petiole of young palm

Brahea armata wooly hairs and marginal teeth on petiole (mm scale)

Butia odorata young individual in the landscape with persistent leaf bases and twisted, arching leaves

Butia odorata with persistent leaf bases

Butia odorata older individual in the landscape with smoother stem and leaf scars rings

Butia odorata stem with leaf scars

Butia odorata arching leaf, inflorescence and fruit

Butia odorata leaflet with ramenta visible on the underside

Butia odorata leaflet with ramenta visible on the underside (closer view)

Butia odorata ripe fruit

Butia odorata beaked, woody spathe previously covering inflorescence

Butia odorata seeds. Photograph courtesy of Mariana P. Beckman, DPI

Carpentaria acuminata canopy. Photograph courtesy of Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden, Guide to Palms http://palmguide.org/index.php

Carpentaria acuminata inflorescence and ringed leaf scars on stem. Photograph courtesy of Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden, Guide to Palms http://palmguide.org/index.php

Carpentaria acuminata Leaflets (note broader apical leaflets). Photograph courtesy of Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden, Guide to Palms http://palmguide.org/index.php

Carpentaria acuminata canopy with ripe fruit. Photograph courtesy of Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden, Guide to Palms http://palmguide.org/index.php

Carpentaria acuminata inflorescence and crown shaft. Photograph courtesy of Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden, Guide to Palms http://palmguide.org/index.php

Caryota maxima palms in landscape

Caryota maxima leaf scar rings and falling leaf sheaths

Caryota maxima fibers at base of leaf

Caryota maxima fibers and tomentum at base of leaf

Caryota maxima bi-pinnate leaflets

Caryota maxima tomentum on rachis

Caryota maxima unripe fruit

Caryota maxima seeds (MBC photo: 030927-1). Photograph courtesy of Montgomery Botanical Center http://www.montgomerybotanical.org/

Caryota mitis habit. Photograph courtesy of Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden, Guide to Palms http://palmguide.org/index.php

Caryota mitis stem with leaf scars and unripe fruit

Caryota mitis adult leaflets

Caryota mitis juvenile leaf

Caryota mitis fruit