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Here is a beautiful
picture of palms with a blue sky in background just as when you
are on holidays. Palms are also known as Arecaceae, the palm
family flowers plant which belongs to the monocot order,
Arecales. Palms mostly grow in tropical area. There is different
palms species. It has been estimated that only 130 species grow
naturally in the tropics. Some well known palm species are Betel
palm or Betel nut tree which is mostly found in tropical
Pacific, Asia and also in some parts of east Africa, the Calamus
or Rattan Palm, the Coconut Palm, the Phoenix is a palm tree
native from the Canary Island, the Royal Palm or Roystonea is
originally from some regions of Florida and the Caribbean, the
Oil palms or Elaeis which produces oil, the Raffia palm or
Raphia originally from Africa, Madagascar, Central and South
America, it is used to make sticks, ropes or also used as roof
covering, the Raffia palm gives also a cultural drink.
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