palm
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№ 002TreesAçaí: The Amazon Palm Berry That Became a Superfood
A slender floodplain palm of the Amazon whose deep-purple berries are a staple food of the river people — and, blended and frozen, a global 'superfood' whose boom has reshaped an economy and a forest.
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№ 041TreesBetel Nut: The Areca Palm Chewed by Half a Billion People
The slender areca palm whose seed — the 'betel nut' — is chewed by hundreds of millions across Asia and the Pacific for its mild stimulant buzz, staining the world red, and carrying a serious cancer risk.
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№ 092TreesCoconut: The Tree of a Thousand Uses
A palm that disperses itself across oceans, yields for most of a century, and supplies food, water, oil, fibre and timber from one crop.
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№ 381TreesRaffia Palm: The Longest Leaves on Earth
African swamp palms that grow the largest leaves of any plant in the world — up to 25 metres long — and yield raffia, the soft, strong garden-and-craft fibre, along with palm wine and a scaly 'snake-skin' fruit.
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