MULTIPURPOSE PALMS YOU CAN GROW

The World’s Best

By Franklin W. Martin

Edited by Craig Elevitch

Copyright © 1999 All Rights Reserved

CONTENTS

1. Palm Facts

Palm Ethnobotany
Principal Divisions of the Palm Family
Astonishing Palm Facts

2. Uses of Palms Throughout the World

Ecological Uses of Palms
Food Uses of Palms
Building Materials from Palms

3. The Coconut Palm

The Coconut is Used Throughout the World
Ecological Uses of the Coconut
The Coconut for Nourishment
Craft Uses of the Coconut

4. Palms for Staple Food

The Coconut
The Date Palm
The Palmyra Palms
The Doum Palms
The Buriti Palm

5. Palms for Edible Fruits

The Salak Palm
The Peach Palm
The Rattan Palms
The Chonta Palm

6. Palms for Drinks, Sugar and Starch

The Nipa Palm
The Raphia Palms
The Sago Palms
The Sugar Palm
The Fishtail Palm

7. Palms for Vegetables

The Pacaya Palms
The Peach Palm
The Coconut Palm
The Assai Palm

8. Palms for Oil

The African Oil Palm
The Coconut Palm
The Babassu Palm
The Murumuru and Other Wild Palms

9. Cultivating Palms

Collecting Seeds and Plants
Germination Seeds
Care in the Nursery
Planting Out Palms

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