Explore trees and palms by scientific name, common name, family, form, description, and practical uses.
Alexandra palm, Alexander palm, Northern bangalow palm, King palm, King Alexander palm
A tall, solitary palm with large, stiff, feather-shaped leaves, exuding a graceful and elegant appearance. It can reach a height of 30 m tall…
Bangalow palm, king palm, Illawara palm, piccabben, piccabeen
Archontophoenix cunninghamiana is a tall graceful large sized palm that can grow over 20 - 25 m in height. It can also grow up…
Betelnut palm, Areca nut, Areca quid, Betel palm, Betel-nut, Supari palm, Pinang palm
Betel palm is an evergreen single-stemmed palm tree that can grow up to 30 meters tall but is more commonly around 15 meters. The…
Borassus palm, Deleb palm, African fan palm, Palmyara palm
A straight tall palm to 20 m with a swollen bole. BARK: smooth grey, thickened above the middle, dead leaves remain on the young…
Palmyra palm, Sugar palm, Wine palm, Fan palm, Toddy palm, Africanfan palm, Palmira, Tal, Tar,…
A very tall, single-stemmed evergreen palm tree that can eventually reach a height of 30 metres. The unbranched stem can be up to 1-metre-wide…
Guadalupe Palm
Brahea edulis is a single-stemmed evergreen palm growing 10 - 12 meters tall. The unbranched stem can be up to 40cm in diameter; it…
Burmese Fishtail palm, clumping fishtail palm, clustered fishtail palm, clustering fishtail palm, fish tail palm,…
Burmese fishtail palm is a multi-stemmed, clustering, evergreen palm tree growing around 8 meters tall and 4 meters across at the top. The unbranched…
Solitary fishtail palm, Toddy palm, Wine palm, Jaggery palm
Toddy palm is a solitary-stemmed, evergreen palm growing up to 20 meters tall. The straight, unbranched stem, which can be 30cm in diameter, is…
Coconut palm
A palm with a slender trunk up to 20 m in Uganda, often curved, the trunk swollen at the base where typical "stem roots"…
Sago palm, king sago, sago cycad, Japanese sago palm
This symmetrical plant supports a crown of shiny, dark green leaves 50 - 150cm long on a thick shaggy trunk that is typically about…
Triangle palm, three ranked palm, triangular palm, three cornered palm, three sided palm
Triangle palm can reach heights of 25 to 35 feet with a crown spread of 15 feet. It can have a diameter of 30-40…
Golden cane palm, areca palm, yellow palm, butterfly palm
It's a tall tree with multiple ringed stems that emerge from the base in clusters. It grows 6 12 m (20 39 ft.) in…
