Scientists have shown for the first time the widespread harm caused in Peru by cutting down the palm tree Mauritia flexuosa in order to harvest its fruit. The scientists examined where and why the ...

Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN initiative in partnership with Rolex. Laury Cullen is a Rolex Awards Laureate. Small, round, and midnight blue, you’d be forgiven for mistaking the juçara berry ...

Kothagudem: The increase in prices of palm fruit bunches is encouraging farmers to go for palm tree cultivation in place of traditional crops. This is evident largely in Dammapet and Aswaraopet areas.

Côte d'Ivoire recently announced a plan to triple its palm oil production without endangering more indigenous forests, but the plan “may seem unrealistic” due to low yields and diminishing lands, ...

Borassus flabellifer is the scientific name and like most scientific names, a bit of a tongue twister for the palmyra palm — a tree that is very much a part of the Indian landscape and its culture.

A newly described palm species from Borneo has been discovered with the unusual phenomenon of producing its fruit and flowers below ground. Botanists are now looking to answer questions about how and ...