Three highly attractive palms are generally considered fire-safe as long as their dry fronds are removed in a timely manner.

Palm trees are hardly alien to this hemisphere ... Sabal tree assured Angelenos that while the bunya bunya’s nuts are edible, “a prolonged diet of these nuts tend to cannibalism.” ...

The oil palm tree, Elaeis guineensis, is native to West and central Africa, and commercial plantations are now expanding in the region. If a full-scale boom developed, it could encroach on crucial ...

The trees from which palm oil is extracted take time to grow ... the steep increase in energy prices has put further upward pressure on edible oils, due to their use as a biofuel.

Palm trees, nearly all of which are drought tolerant ... sweet-smelling flowers and edible fruit. Sago palm (Cycas revoluta), although not a true palm, is another species worthy of consideration ...