Arecaceae
693 species
Palm family including coconut, date palm, and other economically important tropical plants.
Acanthophoenix rubra
Barbel palm
Edible: Leaves, Cabbage, Palm heart, Vegetable
Acoelorrhaphe wrightii
Silver saw palmetto
Edible: Fruit, Seeds
Acrocomia aculeata
Gru-Gru Palm, Macaw palm
Edible: Kernels, Sap, Fruit, Nuts, Seeds, Cabbage, Young leaves, Palm heart, Oil
Acrocomia crispa
Corojo
Edible: Fruit, Nut
Acrocomia intumescens
Edible: Shoots, Leaves
Acrocomia media
Puerto Rico acrocomia
Edible: Seed, Oil, Fruit, Leaves, Palm heart, Starch
Actinorhytis calapparia
Calappa palm
Edible: Kernel, Cabbage, Nuts masticatory, Palm heart
Adonidia merrillii
Manila Palm, Chinese betel nut
Edible: Nuts, Seeds, Palm heart, Cabbage
Aiphanes deltoidea
Shicashica
Edible: Fruit
Aiphanes gelatinosa
Edible: Palm heart
Aiphanes hirsuta
Hairy ruffle palm
Edible: Fruit
Aiphanes horrida
Thorny ruffle palm, Coyure palm, Chonta palm
Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Vegetable
Aiphanes linearis
Linear ruffle palm
Edible: Fruit, Seeds
Aiphanes macroloba
Palmito
Edible: Cabbage, Palm heart
Aiphanes minima
Coyure palm, Corozo, Macaw palm
Edible: Fruit, Seeds
Aiphanes ulei
Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Palm heart, Cabbage
Aiphanes verrucosa
Chonta
Edible: Fruit, Palm heart, Cabbage
Aiphanes weberbaueri
Edible: Fruit, Palm heart, Cabbage
Allagoptera arenaria
Cacando, Brazilian sand palm, Restinga palm, Seashore palm
Edible: Fruit, Root
Allagoptera brevicalyx
Buri da praia, Cachando palm
Edible: Fruit
Allagoptera campestris
Buri palm, Imburi
Edible: Fruit, Seed
Allagoptera caudescens
Buri palm
Edible: Fruit
Allagoptera leucocalyx
Buri
Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Palm heart
Allagoptera maritimum
Coast palm, Coco da praia
Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Palm heart, Cabbage
Ammandra decasperma
Ten seed ammandra
Edible: Fruit, Seeds
Aphandra natalia
Piassaba, Tagua
Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Palm heart, Cabbage, Oil
Archontophoenix alexandrae
Alexander palm, Alexandra Palm, King palm
Archontophoenix cunninghamiana
Bangalow palm, Piccabeen palm
Edible: Shoots, Palm heart
Areca caliso
Kaliso, Sakolon
Edible: Nuts, Fruit, Sap, Growing tip, Cabbage, Palm heart
Areca catechu
Betel nut
Edible: Nuts, Cabbage, Palm heart, Male flowers
Areca concinna
Lenateri
Edible: Nuts
Areca glandiformis
Edible: Nuts - masticatory
Areca hutchinsoniana
Bunga
Edible: Nuts, Palm heart, Cabbage
Areca ipot
Bungang-ipot
Edible: Nuts, Palm heart, Cabbage
Areca jobiensis
Kumul
Edible: Nuts
Areca macrocalyx
Kambibi, Highland Betel nut palm
Edible: Nuts, Edible heart, Cabbage, Palm heart
Areca macrocarpa
Bungang-lakihan
Edible: Nuts, Palm heart, Cabbage
Areca mandacanii
Ngafa
Edible: Fruit - masticatory
Areca novohibernica
Bua Lau
Edible: Nuts, Nuts - masticatory
Areca oxycarpa
Mamaan pita
Edible: Nut - masticatory
Areca parens
Takobtob
Edible: Nuts, Palm heart, Cabbage
Areca triandra
Triandra palm
Edible: Nuts, Cabbage, Palm heart
Areca vestiaria
Orange crown shaft palm
Edible: Fruit, Nut - masticatory
Arenga australasica
Cabbage palm, Australian Sugar Palm
Edible: Bud, Cabbage, Palm heart
Arenga brevipes
Baling palm
Edible: Pith, Growing tip, Cabbage, Sago, Starch
Arenga engleri
Dwarf sugar Palm, Formosan Sugar Palm, Taiwan arenga
Edible: Cabbage, Starch, Sap, Palm heart
Arenga micrantha
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage
Arenga microcarpa
Arenga palm, Baruk sago palm
Edible: Cabbage, Palm heart, Sap, Stem pith
Arenga obtusifolia
Langkap
Edible: Palm heart, Endosperm, Fruit, Cabbage, Stem pith, Starch
Arenga pinnata
Black Sugar palm
Edible: Juice - flowers, Sap, Seeds, Cabbage, Sago, Starch, Palm heart
Arenga tremula
Philippine dwarf sugar palm
Edible: Sap, Cabbage, Bud
Arenga undulatifolia
Gelora sugar palm
Edible: Stem starch, Cabbage, Palm heart, Buds
Arenga westerhoutii
Langkap
Edible: Pith, Cabbage, Palm heart, Seed
Arenga wightii
Wight's sago palm
Edible: Sap, Fruit, Starch, Palm heart
Asterogyne martiana
Edible: Fruit
Asterogyne spicata
Edible: Fruit
Astrocaryum aculeatissimum
Edible: Seeds - oil
Astrocaryum aculeatum
Tukum palm, Awara palm
Edible: Fruit, Palm hearts, Leaves - salt, Vegetable, Seeds
Astrocaryum campestre
Jariva, Tucum
Edible: Fruit
Astrocaryum chambira
Chambira
Edible: Fruit, Shoots - salt, Vegetable, Palm heart, Seeds
Astrocaryum chonta
Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Palm heart
Astrocaryum confertum
Edible: Fruit
Astrocaryum gratum
Chonta palm
Edible: Palm heart
Astrocaryum gynacanthum
Mumbaca palm, Cubarro palm
Edible: Fruit, Vegetable
Astrocaryum huaimi
Chontilla
Edible: Seeds, Seeds - oil, Fruit, Palm heart
Astrocaryum huicungo
Si'ra
Edible: Seeds, Cabbage, Palm heart, Fruit
Astrocaryum jauari
Jauari
Edible: Palm heart, Oil, Cabbage, Fruit, Seeds
Astrocaryum javarense
Edible: Seed
Astrocaryum macrocalyx
Huicongo
Edible: Fruit, Seed
Astrocaryum malybo
Anchamba palm, Chingale palm
Edible: Nuts, Seeds, Fruit
Astrocaryum mexicanum
Waree palm
Edible: Palm heart, Flowers, Nuts, Cabbage, Fruit
Astrocaryum munbaca
Urishi, Pakira-maka
Edible: Seeds, Fruit
Astrocaryum murumuru
Murumuru palm
Edible: Fruit, Cabbage, Palm heart, Oil, Seeds
Astrocaryum sciophilum
Bulishi, Mumu
Edible: Fruit, Shoots - salt, Flowers
Astrocaryum standleyanum
Tucan nuts, Black palm
Edible: Nuts, Seeds, Fruit, Palm hearts, Cabbage
Astrocaryum tucuma
Tucum palm, Star nut palm
Edible: Fruit, Cabbage, Seeds, Palm heart, Seeds - oil
Astrocaryum ulei
Edible: Fruit
Astrocaryum urostachys
Awant'
Edible: Palm heart, Seeds, Cabbage, Fruit
Astrocaryum vulgare
Awarra palm, Tucum palm
Edible: Fruit, Kernel - oil, Palm hearts, Nuts, Cabbage
Attalea allenii
Taparin
Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Nuts, Seeds - oil
Attalea amygdalina
Taparo, Almendron
Edible: Seeds, Kernel, Fruit, Oil, Nuts
Attalea attaleoides
Macoupo blanc, Palhera
Edible: Seeds
Attalea barreirensis
Edible: Fruit, Seeds
Attalea bassleriana
Shebon
Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Palm heart
Attalea burretiana
Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Seeds - oil
Attalea butyracea
Wine palm, Palma real, Jagua
Edible: Cabbage, Sap, Nuts, Kernel, Palm heart, Seeds - oil, Vegetable, Fruit
Attalea cephalotus
Smallhead attalea
Edible: Seeds, Fruit
Attalea cohune
Cohune Nut
Edible: Cabbage, Kernel, Oil, Fruit, Palm heart, Nuts, Vegetable
Attalea colenda
Colenda attalea, Palma real
Edible: Fruit, Seeds - oil, Palm heart
Attalea compta
Pindoba
Edible: Seeds
Attalea crassispatha
Carossier
Edible: Seeds, Fruit
Attalea cuatrecasana
Taparos, Corozo
Edible: Seeds, Kernel, Nuts, Fruit
Attalea dubia
Doubtful attalea
Edible: Nuts, Fruit, Seeds
Attalea eichleri
Large-fruit yagua palm
Edible: Seeds, Fruit
Attalea exigua
Babacu, Catole, Indaia rasteir
Edible: Fruit
Attalea funifera
Conquilla Nut, Bahia Piassava Palm, Piassaba palm
Edible: Nuts - oil, Fruit
Attalea geraensis
Andaia, Insia, Urucuri
Edible: Seeds
Attalea gomphococca
Edible: Nuts - oil
Attalea guacuyule
Guacuyule orbignya, Cayaco Corozo
Edible: Nut - oil
Attalea huebneri
Urucuri
Edible: Fruit
Attalea humilis
Pindoba, Catole
Edible: Fruit, Seeds - oil
Attalea insignis
Yagua palm, Contillo palm
Edible: Fruit, Shoots - salt, Vegetable, Seeds
Attalea luetzelburgii
Curuaraua, Curua, Grua
Edible: Nuts, Kernel, Seed
Attalea magdalenica
Mamarron
Edible: Nuts, Growing tip, Cabbage
Attalea maripa
Maripa palm
Edible: Fruit, Kernel, Drink, Palm heart, Cabbage, Oil, Nuts
Attalea microcarpa
Coco curua palm, Mountain maripa palm
Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Buds, Sap
Attalea nucifera
Mangue
Edible: Nuts, Kernel, Oil
Attalea oleifera
Catole
Edible: Seeds, Nuts, Oil
Attalea pindobassu
Edible: Fruit, Bud, Cabbage, Seeds - oil
Attalea racemosa
Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Shoots - salt, Palm hearts
Attalea rostrata
Liebmann scheelea
Edible: Seeds - oil, Sap, Palm cabbage, Fruit
Attalea seabrensis
Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Seeds - oil
Attalea septuagenata
Kujita, Kurua
Edible: Nuts, Kernel, Seeds, Oil
Attalea speciosa
Babasu oil palm
Edible: Oil, Fruit, Nuts, Seeds, Palm heart, Cabbage, Sap
Attalea spectabilis
Curua
Edible: Fruit
Attalea tessmannii
Yassmann attalea
Edible: Seeds, Fruit, Palm heart
Attalea vitrivir
Glassman attalea
Edible: Seeds, Seeds - oil, Milk, Palm heart
Bactris acanthocarpa
Spiny fruit spiny clubpalm
Edible: Fruit
Bactris acanthocarpoides
Edible: Fruit
Bactris baculifera
Edible: Fruit
Bactris barronis
Edible: Fruit
Bactris bidentula
Nejilla
Edible: Fruit
Bactris bifida
Edible: Fruit, Fruit - drink
Bactris brongniartii
Bango palm
Edible: Fruit
Bactris coloradonis
Edible: Fruit, Seeds
Bactris concinna
Elegant spinyclubpalm
Edible: Fruit, Palm hearts, Cabbage
Bactris corossilla
Edible: Palm heart, Fruit, Seed, Stem
Bactris elegans
Edible: Fruit
Bactris ferruginea
Mane-velho
Edible: Fruit
Bactris fissifrons
Edible: Stems - salt, Fruit
Bactris gasipaes
Peach palm
Edible: Fruit, Flower shoots, Cabbage, Palm heart, Vegetable, Seed
Bactris glandulosa
Edible: Fruit
Bactris guineensis
Tobago cane, Corozo palm
Edible: Fruit
Bactris halmoorei
Edible: Fruit
Bactris hirta
Edible: Fruit
Bactris macana
Chontilla, Pupunha brava, Chinamato, Pijuayo del monte, Chonta
Edible: Fruit, Palm hearts, Cabbage
Bactris macroacantha
Edible: Fruit, Palm heart
Bactris major
Maraja palm, Cubarro palm
Edible: Seeds, Fruit
Bactris major var. infesta
Marajau
Edible: Fruit, Seeds
Bactris major var. socialis
Edible: Fruit
Bactris maraja
Maraja
Edible: Fruit, Palm hearts, Cabbage, Seeds
Bactris maraja var. chaetospatha
Edible: Fruit
Bactris maraja var. juruensis
Edible: Fruit
Bactris maraja var. maraja
Edible: Fruit
Bactris martiana
Edible: Fruit
Bactris mexicana
Mexican spiny club palm
Edible: Fruit
Bactris oligoclada
Plimpa seed, White seed
Edible: Fruit, Seeds
Bactris pilosa
Pilose spinyclubpalm
Edible: Fruit
Bactris plumeriana
Coco macaco
Edible: Fruit
Bactris riparia
Edible: Fruit, Palm heart
Bactris schultesii
Edible: Fruit
Bactris setiflora
Edible: Fruit, Seed, Palm heart
Bactris setosa
Jucum palm, Tucum
Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Oil, Drinks, Palm heart
Bactris simplicifrons
Turtle paripi
Edible: Fruit, Palm heart, Cabbage
Bactris sphaerocarpa
Edible: Fruit
Bactris tomentosa
Edible: Fruit
Bactris trichophylla
Edible: Kernel, Nuts
Balaka longirostris
Mbalaka niuniu
Edible: Kernel, Nuts
Balaka seemannii
Spear palm
Edible: Fruit, Nut
Basselinia glabrata
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage
Bentinckia condapanna
Hill arecanut
Edible: Leaves, Shoots
Bentinckia nicobarica
Bentinck palm
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage
Bismarckia nobilis
Bismarck palm
Edible: Stem - starch, Sago
Borassodendron borneense
Bindang palm
Edible: Palm heart, Fruit, Cabbage
Borassodendron sp.
Edible: Nuts
Borassus aethiopum
African fan palm, Borassus palm, African Palmyra palm
Edible: Fruit, Cabbage, Sap, Seeds, Palm heart, Vegetable, Young roots, Seedling
Borassus akeassii
Edible: Fruit, Sap, Seeds, Seedlings, Terminal bud, Cabbage
Borassus flabellifer
Wine palm, Palmyra Palm
Edible: Sap, Seeds, Cabbage, Flower spikes, Fruit, Palm heart
Borassus heineanus
Palmyra like palm
Edible: Fruit
Borassus madagascariensis
Madagascar Palmyra palm
Edible: Starch from trunk, Palm heart, Fruit for alcohol, Shoots, Seedlings, Cabbage, Vegetable
Brahea aculeata
Palmilla
Edible: Fruit
Brahea armata
Blue Hesper palm
Edible: Seeds, Nuts, Fruit, Leaf bases
Brahea dulcis
Mexican Palm, Sombrero palm
Edible: Berries, Fruit, Palm heart
Brahea edulis
Guadeloupe fan palm
Edible: Fruit, Berries, Seeds, Cabbage, Palm heart
Brahea edulis x Brahea brandegeei
Brassiophoenix drymophloeoides
Dwarf jelly palm
Edible: Nuts - masticatory
Butia campicola
Edible: Fruit
Butia capitata
Jelly palm, Pindo palm
Edible: Fruit, Seeds - oil, Stem
Butia catarinensis
Coastal jelly palm
Edible: Fruit
Butia eriospatha
Butia, Woolly butia palm
Edible: Fruit, Nuts, Oil
Butia exospadix
Edible: Fruit ?
Butia lepidotispatha
Edible: Fruit ?
Butia leptospatha
Edible: Fruit ?
Butia matogrossensis
Edible: Fruit?
Butia odorata
Southern jelly palm, Butia-branco, Butia-miudo, Butia-azedo
Edible: Fruit
Butia paraguayensis
Edible: Fruit
Butia purpurascens
Purple yatay palm, Butia-jatai, Butia-roxo
Edible: Fruit, Seed
Butia yatay
Yatay palm, Wine palm, Argentine yatay
Edible: Fruit, Buds, Seeds, Cabbage, Palm heart, Oil
Calamus acanthospathus
Edible: Shoots, Fruit
Calamus acidus
Calamus andamanicus
Edible: Fruit
Calamus asperrimus
Edible: Shoots
Calamus australis
Hairy Mary, Lawyer cane, Wait-a while
Edible: Fruit
Calamus barbatus
Calamus batanensis
Edible: Fruit
Calamus caesius
Sega rattan
Edible: Fruit
Calamus calospathus
Rotan demuk
Edible: Fruit
Calamus caryotoides
Fish-tail lawyer cane
Edible: Fruit, Shoots
Calamus castaneus
Rotan churchor, Rotan atap chuchor, Chachu, Wasala
Edible: Stem - pith, Shoots
Calamus concolor
Edible: Pith
Calamus conirostris
Rotan dago kancil
Edible: Fruit, Shoots, Stem pith
Calamus convallium
Edible: Pith
Calamus deerratus
Edible: Shoots, Vegetable, Bud
Calamus dongnaiensis
Long-tcheou
Edible: Fruit
Calamus egregius
Duaye shengteng
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage, Shoots
Calamus elmerianus
Littuku
Edible: Fruit
Calamus erectus
Erect rattan
Edible: Seeds - masticatory, Shoots, Leaves, Fruit
Calamus exilis
Edible: Shoots
Calamus extensus
Edible: Seeds - masticatory
Calamus filispadix
Diplak
Edible: Fruit
Calamus flagellum
Wai lao, Wai mon
Edible: Shoots, Fruit
Calamus floribundus
Edible: Fruit, Shoots, Pith
Calamus fuscus
Edible: Shoots ?
Calamus godefroyi
Edible: Shoots
Calamus gonospermus
Calamus gracilis
Edible: Shoots
Calamus guruba
Edible: Shoots, Fruit
Calamus hamiltonii
Edible: Stem
Calamus harmandii
Nya seui, Yeu mo
Edible: Fruit
Calamus henryanus
Waixigai, Leiaxi, Wai namlee
Edible: Fruit, Shoots
Calamus heteracanthus
Calamus hollrungii
Papuan white rattan
Edible: Fruit
Calamus hypoleucus
Wai deng, Wai kamlao
Edible: Shoots
Calamus javensis
Candle rattan
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage, Shoots
Calamus kerrianus
Way chaw-ay
Edible: Stem
Calamus laoensis
Wai leum, Wai katok, Wai wa
Edible: Shoots
Calamus latifolius
Waai pong
Edible: Shoots, Leaf base, Fruit, Stem pith
Calamus lauterbachii
Calamus litoko
Litoko
Edible: Fruit
Calamus lobbianus
Wi tedong
Edible: Fruit
Calamus longisetus
Leme
Edible: Fruit
Calamus manan
Edible: Fruit, Shoots
Calamus manillensis
Bayabong
Edible: Fruit, Shoots
Calamus maximus
Palasan
Edible: Shoots, Sap, Fruit
Calamus meghalayensis
Edible: Fruit
Calamus merrillii
Palasan, Rattan palm
Edible: Fruit
Calamus microcarpus
Edible: Fruit
Calamus mitis
Tebdas
Edible: Fruit
Calamus modestus
Edible: Shoots
Calamus moti
Lawyer vine, Yellow Wait-a-while, Yellow Lawyer Cane
Edible: Fruit, Shoots, Roots
Calamus muelleri
Wait-a-while, Southern Lawyer vine
Edible: Fruit
Calamus muricatus
Rotan melukut
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage, Shoots
Calamus myriacanthus
Edible: Shoots
Calamus nambariensis
Danhang
Edible: Fruit
Calamus oligostachys
Wai kating
Edible: Shoots
Calamus ornatus
Rotan kesup, Limuran
Edible: Fruit, Sap, Cabbage, Growing tip, Palm heart, Shoots
Calamus ovoideus
Egg-shaped Rattan. Rotan Ovoid
Edible: Leaves
Calamus paspalanthus
Rotan tingkas, Rotan semiang
Edible: Fruit, Palm heart, Cabbage, Shoots
Calamus platyacanthoides
Edible: Shoots
Calamus pogonacanthus
Edible: Pith
Calamus poilanei
Edible: Shoots, Vegetable
Calamus reinwardtii
Calamus rhabdocladus
Wai wan, Wau bounwan, Blong salay
Edible: Shoots, Fruit, Palm heart, Cabbage
Calamus rotang
Rattan Cane
Edible: Shoots, Fruit, Rhizome
Calamus scipionum
Malacca cane plant, Semembu rattan
Edible: Shoots, Fruit
Calamus siamensis
Wai khom, Wai nam
Edible: Shoots
Calamus simplicifolius
Danye shengteng
Edible: Palm heart, Shoots
Calamus siphonospathus
Calamus solitarius
Wai thork, Wai yong, Wai noi
Edible: Shoots
Calamus sp.
Edible: Fruit
Calamus spp.
Rattan Palm
Edible: Fruit, Shoots
Calamus subinermis
Rotan batu
Edible: Fruit, Palm heart, Shoots
Calamus tenuis
Wai nyair
Edible: Shoots, Fruits, Seeds, Stems
Calamus thysanolepis
Edible: Fruit
Calamus tumidus
Edible: Seeds
Calamus usitatus
Babuyan rattan
Calamus vestitus
Edible: Shoots
Calamus viminalis
Bitter rattan, Chair-bottom cane
Edible: Fruit, Shoots, Vegetable
Calamus vinosus
Edible: Fruit
Calamus vitiensis
Solitary lawyer vine
Edible: Stem sap drunk, Shoots
Calamus wailong
Wai nokkhor, Wai khor, Wai lai
Edible: Shoots
Calamus walkeri
May dang
Edible: Seeds, Fruit
Calamus warburgii
Claudie River Lawyer Vine
Edible: See entry Calamus sp.
Calamus yunnanensis
Edible: Shoots
Calamus yunnanensis var. densiflorus
Edible: Shoots
Calyptrocalyx albertisianus
Sunset palm
Edible: Shoots, Cabbage, Seeds, Seeds - masticatory, Palm heart
Calyptrocalyx hollrungii
Hollrung's palm
Edible: Shoots, Cabbage, Seeds, Palm heart
Calyptrocalyx lauterbachianus
Calyptrocalyx yamutumene
Edible: ?
Carpentaria acuminata
Carpentaria palm
Edible: Heart, Buds, Cabbage, Palm heart
Carpoxylon macrospermum
Carpoxylon palm
Edible: Fruit, Cabbage, Palm heart
Caryota cumingii
Philippines fishtail palm
Edible: Cabbage, Seeds, Starch, Palm heart, Sap
Caryota majestica
Pugahang-bungalan
Edible: Cabbage, Palm heart, Fruit
Caryota maxima
Giant mountain fishtail palm, Burma suwar
Edible: Seeds, Sago, Stem starch, Sap, Bud, Cabbage, Palm heart
Caryota mitis
Lesser fishtail palm, Clustered fishtail palm
Edible: Seeds, Cabbage, Starch, Sago, Palm heart, Sap
Caryota monostachya
Edible: Fruit
Caryota no
Giant fishtail palm
Edible: Stem starch, Palm heart, Cabbage
Caryota obtusa
Thai Giant fishtail palm
Edible: Palm heart, Shoots, Stem - starch
Caryota rumphiana
Fishtail palm
Edible: Pith, Starch, Fruit, Cabbage, Growing tip
Caryota urens
Wine Palm, Fishtail Palm, Toddy Palm
Edible: Sap, Starch, Cabbage, Sago, Palm heart, Fruit, Seeds - masticatory, Flower sap
Ceroxylon alpinum
Wax palm, Andean Wax Palm
Edible: Fruit
Ceroxylon amazonicum
Paik', Ramo
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage
Ceroxylon ceriferum
Edible: Fruit
Ceroxylon parvifrons
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage, Fruit
Ceroxylon quindiuense
Edible: Nut
Ceroxylon utile - (Karsten.)H.Wendl.
Wax Palm
Ceroxylon vogelianum
Coco, Palma de ramo, Palma negra
Edible: Fruit
Chamaedorea costaricana
Bamboo palm
Edible: Flowers
Chamaedorea graminifolia
Chapai, Pacaya, Monkeytail pacaya
Edible: Flowers, Fruit
Chamaedorea linearis
Edible: Fruit, Palm heart, Cabbage
Chamaedorea lunata
Edible: Fruit
Chamaedorea macrospadix
Edible: Young flowers
Chamaedorea oblongata
Pacayita palm, Tepijilote palm
Edible: Leaf base
Chamaedorea parvifolia
Edible: Young flowers
Chamaedorea pauciflora
Edible: Fruit
Chamaedorea pinnatifrons
Pacaya, Boda
Edible: Flowers, Palm heart, Fruit
Chamaedorea sartorii
Tepejilote
Edible: Flowers
Chamaedorea schiedeana
Edible: Pith
Chamaedorea schippii
Edible: Flowering stems
Chamaedorea tepejilote
Pacaya, Palmito dulce
Edible: Cabbage, Palm heart, Male flowers, Bracts, Fruit
Chamaerops humilis
European fan palm, Dwarf Date Palm
Edible: Fruit, Cabbage, Stems, Roots, Growing tip, Palm heart
Chamaerops ritchiana
Edible: Cabbage, Palm hearts
Chelyocarpus chuco
Edible: Fruit
Chelyocarpus repens
Edible: Fruit
Chelyocarpus ulei
Xila, Sacha anguaillo
Edible: Ash - salt, Fruit, Seed
Chrysalidocarpus spp.
Edible: Cabbage, Palm heart
Clinostigma carolinense
Edible: Palm heart.
Clinostigma harlandii
Ngami igh
Edible: Fruit, Palm heart, Cabbage
Clinostigma onchorhynchum
Lowland forest palm
Edible: Growing tip, Cabbage
Clinostigma ponapense
Kotop
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage
Clinostigma savoryanum
Arrack palm, Cabbage palm
Coccothrinax barbadensis
Silver thatch, Barbados silver thatch
Edible: Fruit, Seeds
Cocos edulis
Cocos nucifera
Coconut
Edible: Nuts, Sap, Cabbage, Nuts milk, Apple, Palm heart, Flowers
Colpothrinax wrightii
Cuban bottle palm
Edible: Fruit ?
Copernicia alba
Caranday wax palm
Edible: Fruit, Growing tip, Palm heart, Cabbage
Copernicia hospita
Cuban copernicia
Edible: Fruit
Copernicia prunifera
Brazilian wax palm
Edible: Kernel, Cabbage, Sap, Fruit, Starch, Nuts, Palm heart, Flower
Copernicia tectorum
Edible: Fruit
Corozo oleifera
American oil palm, Noli palm
Edible: Seeds - oil
Corypha lecomtei
Lecomte palm
Edible: Stem starch
Corypha umbraculifera
Talipot palm, Great fan palm
Edible: Kernels, Starch, Sap, Cabbage, Sago, Nuts, Palm heart
Corypha utan
Corypha palm, Sugar palm
Edible: Starch, Kernel, Seeds, Cabbage, Sap, Sago, Nuts, Palm heart, Flower buds
Cryosophila stauracantha
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage
Cyphosperma tanga
Tangga
Edible: Seeds, Palm heart, Cabbage
Daemonorops angustifolia
Edible: Fruit
Daemonorops calapparia
Edible: Growing tips
Daemonorops cristata
Wi getah
Edible: Gum, Fruit
Daemonorops didymophylla
Edible: Pith, Fruit
Daemonorops draco
Dragon's blood palm
Edible: Fruit - colouring, Palm heart
Daemonorops fissa
Kotok rattan
Edible: Fruit, Palm heart, Cabbage, Pith
Daemonorops formicaria
Edible: Fruit
Daemonorops gracilipes
Daemonorops hirsuta
Edible: Fruit
Daemonorops ingens
Keplar
Edible: Fruit, Pith
Daemonorops jenkinsiana
Devil rattan
Edible: Shoots, Palm heart, Cabbage, Fruit
Daemonorops longipes
Long pedubcle rattan
Edible: Shoots, Cabbage, Palm heart
Daemonorops longispatha
Wi tibu
Edible: Palm heart
Daemonorops longistipes
Edible: Pith, Stem
Daemonorops melanochaetes
Selang rattan
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage, Shoots, Sago, Fruit
Daemonorops mollis
Edible: Shoots
Daemonorops oblonga
Edible: Shoots
Daemonorops palembanica
Palembang rattan
Daemonorops periacantha
Edible: Palm heart, Fruit, Shoots
Daemonorops rubra
Edible: Shoots
Daemonorops ruptilis
Widudok
Edible: Fruit
Daemonorops sabut
Edible: Pith, Shoots
Daemonorops scapigera
Wi empunok ruai
Edible: Fruit, Shoots, Palm heart, Cabbage
Daemonorops sparsiflora
Wi ruah air
Edible: Palm hearts
Deckenia nobilis
Palmiste
Edible: Cabbage, Palm heart
Desmoncus cirrhiferus
Matamba, Bora negra
Edible: Fruit
Desmoncus giganteus
Edible: Fruit
Desmoncus mitis
Edible: Fruit
Desmoncus orthacanthos
Big kamwari, Basket tie-tie rattan
Edible: Fruit, Seeds
Desmoncus polyacanthos
Kamwari
Edible: Fruit, Seed
Desmoncus polyacanthos var. prunifer
Jacitara
Edible: Fruit, Nuts, Kernel
Dictyocaryum ptarianum
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage, Fruit
Dictyosperma album
Princess palm, Hurricane palm, Red palm
Edible: Cabbage, Palm heart, Vegetable
Dracontium pittieri
Edible: Tuber, Root
Dypsis ampasindavae
Lavaboka
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage
Dypsis ankaizinensis
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage
Dypsis baronii
Sugarcane tree
Edible: Fruit, Palm heart, Vegetable
Dypsis basilonga
Madiovozona
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage, Vegetable
Dypsis canaliculata
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage
Dypsis decaryi
Triangle palm, Three-cornered palm
Edible: Fruit
Dypsis decipiens
Manambe palm
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage, Vegetable
Dypsis fibrosa
Edible: Trunk - salt, Palm heart
Dypsis hovomantsina
Hovomantsina
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage
Dypsis lastelliana
Red Neck palm
Edible: Pith - salt
Dypsis ligulata
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage
Dypsis madagascariensis
Green Cane Palm, Malagasy palm
Edible: Fruit, Palm heart, Cabbage, Vegetable
Dypsis malcomberi
Edible: Palm heart
Dypsis mananjarensis
Mealy bug palm
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage, Vegetable
Dypsis nodifera
Dypsis oreophila
Edible: Palm heart, Vegetable
Dypsis perrieri
Edible: Palm heart, Vegetable
Dypsis pilulifera
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage
Dypsis pinnatifrons
Dypsis palm
Edible: Cabbage, Palm heart, Vegetable
Dypsis prestoniana
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage
Dypsis tanalensis
Edible: Cabbage, Palm heart, Vegetable
Dypsis tsaratananensis
Kindro
Edible: Palm heart, Vegetable
Dypsis tsaravoasira
Tsaravoasira
Edible: Palm heart
Dypsis utilis
Edible: Fruit, Palm heart, Cabbage, Bud, Vegetable
Elaeis guineensis
African Oil palm
Edible: Seeds, Nuts, Cabbage, Fruit, Palm heart, Sap, Vegetable, Seeds - oil
Elaeis oleifera
American oil palm
Edible: Fruit - Oil
Eleiodoxa conferta
Kelubi palm
Edible: Fruit, Palm heart, Cabbage
Eremospatha wendlandiana
Edible: Shoot, Palm heart, Cabbage
Eugeissona brachystachys
Tahan bertram
Edible: Fruit, Stem starch
Eugeissona insignis
Edible: Sago, Starch, Cabbage, Palm heart
Eugeissona minor
Edible: Fruit
Eugeissona tristis
Bertram palm
Edible: Fruit, Seeds
Eugeissona utilis
Stilt-Root Palm, Wild Borneo sago palm
Edible: Kernels, Sago, Starch, Fruit, Nuts, Palm heart, Pollen, Cabbage
Euterpe broadwayi
Manicol
Edible: Cabbage, Palm heart
Euterpe catinga
Catinga palm
Edible: Fruit, Flower
Euterpe catinga var. roraimae
Edible: Fruit, Palm heart
Euterpe edulis
Assai palm, Jucara palm, Para palm
Edible: Seeds, Fruit, Cabbage, Palm heart
Euterpe luminosa
Edible: Palm heart
Euterpe oleracea
Acai palm, Assai palm
Edible: Cabbage, Fruit, Oil, Palm heart
Euterpe precatoria
Mountain cabbage palm
Edible: Palm heart, Fruit, Cabbage, Seeds- oil, Flower
Gastrococos crispa
Floridamia Nut palm, Corojo
Edible: Seeds, Nuts
Gaussia maya
Geonoma brevispatha
Geonoma camana
Edible: Plant - salt, Fruit
Geonoma cuneata
Edible: Fruit
Geonoma deversa
Edible: Plant - salt
Geonoma ferruginea
Edible: Fruit
Geonoma interrupta
Chontilla
Edible: Young flowers, Palm hearts, Cabbage, Seed, Fruit
Geonoma macrostachys
Edible: Fruit
Geonoma maxima
Edible: Leaves - salt, Fruit
Geonoma maxima subsp. chelidonura
Edible: Fruit
Geonoma orbignyana
Edible: Fruit
Geonoma poeppigiana
Edible: Fruit, Palm heart
Geonoma undata
Undulate shadow palm
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage
Geonoma undata subsp. edulis
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage
Gronophyllum ramsayi
Northern Kentia palm, Alexander palm
Edible: Growing tip, Cabbage, Palm heart, Starch, Sap
Heterospathe elata
Sagisi palm
Edible: Cabbage, Nuts, Palm heart
Heterospathe elegans
Edible: Cabbage, Palm heart ?
Heterospathe elegans subsp. humilis
Sagisi palm
Edible: Stem base
Heterospathe elmeri
Edible: Nuts, Palm heart, Cabbage
Heterospathe muelleriana
Edible: Cabbage, Palm heart ?
Heterospathe negrosensis
Black sagisi palm
Edible: Cabbage, Palm heart
Heterospathe philippinensis
Sanakti
Edible: Cabbage, Palm heart
Heterospathe phillipsii
Phillip's palm
Edible: Cabbage, Seeds, Palm heart
Heterospathe pulchra
Edible: ?
Heterospathe sibuyanensis
Bilis
Edible: Cabbage, Palm heart
Heterospathe spp.
Edible: Shoots, Nuts - masticatory
Hydriastele costata
Cape York palm
Edible: Seeds, Shoot tips, Cabbage
Hydriastele cylindrocarpa
Niniu
Edible: Fruit, Palm heart, Cabbage
Hydriastele ledermanniana
Hydriastele longispatha
Elegant nymph palm
Edible: ?
Hydriastele lurida
Edible: Shoots
Hydriastele vitiensis
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage
Hyospathe elegans
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage, Fruit
Hyphaene compressa
African Doum Palm
Edible: Fruit, Sap, Seedlings, Nuts, Leaves
Hyphaene dichotoma
Indian doum palm
Edible: Fruit, Kernel, Nuts
Hyphaene thebaica - (L.) Mart.
Doum Palm. Gingerbread palm.
Edible: Apical bud Fruit Seed
Iguanura geonomiformis
Pinang boreng, Bogen
Edible: Fruit, Buds, Cabbage
Iguanura wallichiana
Itaya amicorum
Xila, Marimiipa
Edible: Ash - salt, Fruit
Johannesteijsmannia altifrons
Diamond palm, Joey palm
Edible: Seed
Jubaea chilensis - (Moll.)Baill.
Chilean Wine Palm, Chile cocopalm
Edible: Fruit, Oil, Sap, Seed
Jubaeopsis caffra
Pondoland palm, Kaffir palm
Edible: Fruit
Kentia chaunostachys
Palm cabbage
Edible: Cabbage, Palm heart
Klopstockia utilis
Korthalsia ferox
Ant rattan
Edible: Pith, Shoots
Korthalsia laciniosa
Edible: Shoots, Vegetable, Fruit
Korthalsia taxon A
Edible: Shoots
Korthalsia zippelii
Laccosperma opacum
Laccosperma secundiflorum
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage, Sap, Bud, Vegetable, Stem
Latania commersonii
Commerson's latania, Red Latan palm
Edible: Fruit
Latania lontaroides
Red latern palm.
Edible: Fruit
Latania verschaffeltii
Yellow Latan palm
Edible: Seeds
Leopoldinia major
Jara palm, Yara
Edible: Fruit
Leopoldinia piassaba
Piassaba
Edible: Fruit, Seeds
Leopoldinia pulchra
Edible: Fruit sap
Lepidocaryum tenue
Edible: Fruit
Licuala acutifida
Licuala beccariana
Licuala grandis
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage
Licuala kunstleri
Palas, Pales
Edible: Stem - pith
Licuala peltata
Licuala triphylla
Licuala valida
Pala
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage
Livistona australis - (R.Br.)C.Mart.
Cabbage Palm, Australian Palm, Gippsland Palm
Edible: Leaves
Livistona chinensis
Chinese fan palm, Fountain palm
Edible: Flowering shoots
Loxococcus rupicola
Dotalu
Edible: Palm heart, Fruit, Cabbage
Manicaria saccifera
Ubussu, Troolie Palm
Marojejya insignis
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage
Mauritia flexuosa
Buriti Palm, Aguaje Palm
Edible: Apical bud Fruit Leaves Oil Sap Stem
Mauritiella armata
Aguajillo, Thorny mauritiella
Edible: Fruit, Palm heart, Seed
Mauritiella macroclada
Edible: Fruit - oil
Mauritiella martiana
Edible: Fruit
Metroxylon amicarum - (H.Wendl.) Hook.f.
Caroline Ivory Nut Palm
Edible: Apical bud Seed Stem
Metroxylon sagu
Sago Palm
Edible: Apical bud Fruit Stem
Myrialepis paradoxa
Rotan kertong
Edible: Shoots
Nannorrhops ritchiana - (Griff.)Aitch.
Mazari Palm
Edible: Flowers, Fruit, Leaves
Nenga pumila
Edible: Nuts - masticatory
Nypa fruticans
Nipa Palm, Mangrove Palm
Edible: Flowers, Sap, Seed
Oenocarpus balickii
Balick oenocarpus
Edible: Fruit - drink, Fruit - oil
Oenocarpus bataua var. oligocarpus
Turu palm
Edible: Fruit, Palm heart, Cabbage, Oil
Oenocarpus distichus
Pataua, Bacaba, White bacaba
Edible: Apical bud Fruit Leaves Oil
Oenocarpus makeru
Makeru
Edible: Fruit - oil
Oenocarpus mapora
Bacaba
Edible: Fruit, Cabbage, Palm heart, Nuts, Fruit - oil, Seeds
Oenocarpus minor
Bacaba-miri, Bacabinha, Mispesillo
Edible: Fruit
Oncosperma horridum
Mountain Nibong palm
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage, Fruit
Orania decipiens
Orania sylvicola
Parajubaea cocoides
Quito palm
Edible: Seeds, Oil, Fruit, Nuts, Sap
Parajubaea torallyi
Zunkha palm, Mountain coconut
Edible: Fruit, Kernel, Seeds, Nuts, Palm heart
Parajubaea torallyi var. microcarpa
Edible: Fruit
Pelagodoxa henryana
Enu palm, Marquesas palm, Pelagodoxa palm
Edible: Nuts
Phoenix acaulis
Stemless Date palm
Edible: Fruit, Palm heart, Starch, Roots
Phoenix canariensis
Canary Island Date Palm
Edible: Fruit, Sap
Phoenix dactylifera
Date palm
Edible: Fruit, Cabbage, Sap, Palm heart, Flowers, Nuts-oil
Phoenix loureiroi
Khajoor
Edible: Fruit, Stem - starch, Bud
Phoenix loureiroi var. pedunculata
Dwarf date palm, Hill date palm
Edible: Fruit, Bud, Cabbage, Palm heart
Phoenix paludosa
Mangrove Date Palm, Swamp date palm
Edible: Fruit, Palm heart, Cabbage
Phoenix paludosa x rupicola
Edible: Fruit ?
Phoenix pusilla
Ceylon Date Palm
Edible: Fruit, Stem-starch, Cabbage, Sago, Palm heart
Phoenix reclinata
Senegal date palm
Edible: Cabbage, Fruit, Sap, Seeds - coffee, Palm heart, Vegetable, Bud
Phoenix roebelenii x paludosa
Phoenix rupicola
East Indian Wine Palm, Cliff date palm
Edible: Starch
Phoenix rupicola x canariensis
Phoenix sylvestris
India Date, Silver date palm
Edible: Fruit, Sap, Cabbage, Inner stem, Shoots, Palm heart
Phoenix zeylanica
Ceylon Date
Edible: Fruit, Pith - starch
Pholidocarpus ihur
Woka hutan, Ihur, Ibul
Edible: Starch, Sago
Pholidostachys dactyloides
Edible: Fruit
Pholidostachys synanthera
Palma paja cambana
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage, Fruit
Phytelephas aequatorialis
Vegetable ivory, Corozo
Edible: Fruit, Palm heart, Seeds, Nut
Phytelephas macrocarpa
Ivory nut palm
Edible: Nuts, Leaves, Palm hearts, Cabbage, Fruit, Seed
Phytelephas schottii
Edible: Nut, Palm hearts
Phytelephas seemannii
Tagua, Seemann ivory palm
Edible: Fruit, Palm hearts, Seeds
Phytelephas tenuicaulis
Slender ivory palm
Edible: Fruit, Seed, Palm heart
Phytelephas tumacana
Tagua
Edible: Fruit, Palm hearts
Pinanga basilanensis
Buburis
Edible: Cabbage, Palm heart
Pinanga batanensis
Dapiau
Edible: Cabbage, Growing tip, Palm heart
Pinanga caesia
Blue palm
Edible: Nuts - masticatory
Pinanga capitata
Edible: Pith, Shoots
Pinanga copelandii
Bagtoan palm
Edible: Cabbage, Bud, Palm heart
Pinanga coronata
Ivory crown palm, Coronata palm
Edible: Nuts - masticatory, Shoots
Pinanga crassipes
Edible: Nuts - masticatory, Cabbage
Pinanga curranii
Curran abiki
Edible: Cabbage, Palm heart
Pinanga dicksonii
Dickson palm, Indian Ivory cane palm
Edible: Areca dicksonii Roxb.;
Ptychosperma dicksonii (Roxb.) Miq.;
Seaforthia dicksonii (Roxb.) Mart.;
Pinanga duperreana
Sla condor, Sla khmau
Edible: Nuts, Palm heart, Cabbage
Pinanga geonomiformis
Tamepalm
Edible: Cabbage, Palm heart
Pinanga gracilis
Edible: Seeds, Nuts
Pinanga heterophylla
Gasigan
Edible: Cabbage, Palm heart
Pinanga hookeriana
Edible: Fruit
Pinanga isabelensis
Takon
Edible: Cabbage, Palm heart
Pinanga maculata
Pinanga manii
Edible: Nuts, Shoots
Pinanga modesta
Lampigi
Edible: Cabbage, Palm heart
Pinanga mooreana
Pinang murind
Edible: Fruit
Pinanga negrosensis
Negros abiki
Edible: Cabbage, Palm heart
Pinanga philippinensis
Bungang-dakigan
Edible: Cabbage, Palm heart
Pinanga polymorpha
Edible: Fruit
Pinanga punicea
Edible: Cabbage, Palm heart
Pinanga rigida
Hiliuasiu
Edible: Cabbage, Palm heart
Pinanga rumphiana
Pinanga samarana
Samar abiki
Edible: Cabbage, Palm heart
Pinanga sclerophylla
Abiking-tigas
Edible: Cabbage, Palm heart
Pinanga scortechinii
Edible: Nuts - masticatory
Pinanga sibuyanensis
Tibangan
Edible: Cabbage, Palm heart
Pinanga simplicifrons
Edible: Nuts - masticatory
Pinanga speciosa
Banisan
Edible: Cabbage, Palm heart
Pinanga sylvestris
Edible: Fruit - masticatory, Growing tip, Cabbage, Starch
Pinanga tashiroi
Edible: Seeds - masticatory
Pinanga urdanetansis
Sakolon
Edible: Cabbage, Palm heart
Pinanga urosperma
Pinanga woodiana
Irar
Edible: Cabbage, Palm heart
Plectocomia assamica
Edible: Fruit
Plectocomia elongata
Giant rattan
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage, Shoots
Plectocomia himalayana
Patsha
Edible: Shoots
Plectocomia pierreana
Edible: Shoots, Caution
Plectocomiopsis geminiflora
Rattan palm
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage, Shoots
Podococcus barteri
Edible: Nuts, Fruit
Polyandrococos caudescens
Buri palm
Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Cabbage, Palm heart
Ponapea palauensis
Edible: Fruit
Prestoea acuminata var. montana
Sierra palm
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage
Prestoea decurrens
Decurrent prestoa, Cana lucia
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage, Stem - starch
Prestoea longipetiolata
Surtua
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage
Prestoea schultzeana
Tinkimi, Chincha, Palma de pantano
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage, Fruit
Pritchardia aylmer-robinsonii
Hawaiian fan-palm, Loulu, Wahane
Edible: Nuts
Pritchardia beccariana
Loulou palms
Edible: Fruit, Seeds
Pritchardia filifera
Edible: Nuts
Pritchardia hillebrandii
Edible: Fruit
Pritchardia maideniana
Edible: Fruit
Pritchardia pacifica
Fiji Fan Palm, Pacific fan palm
Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Palm heart ?
Pritchardia thurstonii
Lauan fan palm
Edible: Fruit ?
Pseudophoenix ekmanii
Cacheo
Edible: Sap - palm wine
Pseudophoenix sargentii
Buccaneer palm, Sargent's cherry palm
Edible: Growing tip, Cabbage, Palm heart
Pseudophoenix vinifera
Wine palm, Cherry palm
Edible: Fruit - wine, Sap
Ptychosperma elegans
Solitaire palm, Alexander Palm, Seaforthia palm
Edible: Fruit, Palm heart
Ptychosperma macarthurii
Macarthur Palm, Grey Cane palm
Edible: Cabbage, Buds, Palm heart
Pyrenoglypis sp.
Nukwe
Edible: Fruit
Raphia africana
Edible: Sap
Raphia australis
Kosi palm, Southern raphia palm
Edible: Pith - starch
Raphia bandamensis
Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Nuts, Sap, Shoots, Palm heart, Cabbage
Raphia farinifera
Raffia palm, Madagascar raffia palm
Edible: Nuts, Leaves, Sago, Terminal bud, Fruit, Sap, Vegetable, Fruit - oil
Raphia gilletii
Edible: Palm heart, Stem sap
Raphia hookeri
Giant raffia palm
Edible: Kernel, Sap, Nuts, Seed, Fruit, Palm heart, Cabbage, Vegetable
Raphia humilis
Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Growing tip, Palm heart, Cabbage, Sap
Raphia laurentii
Laurent raphia palm
Edible: Fruit, Trunk - starch
Raphia mambillensis
Gongola, Bansa
Edible: Seeds, Sap
Raphia palma-pinus
Thatch palm
Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Sap, Palm heart, Cabbage
Raphia sese
Edible: Fruit, Sap
Raphia sudanica
Northern Raphia palm
Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Sap, Cabbage, Palm heart
Raphia vinifera
Wine raffia palm
Edible: Nuts, Cabbage, Sap, Palm heart, Fruit
Ravenea albicans
Hozatsiketra
Edible: Palm heart, Vegetable
Ravenea dransfieldii
Edible: Palm heart, Vegetable
Ravenea glauca
Majestic palm
Edible: Palm heart ?
Ravenea lakatra
Ravenea robustior
Edible: Terminal bud, Sago - starch, Vegetable
Ravenea sambiranensis
Anivo
Edible: Fruit, Palm heart, Cabbage, Vegetable
Rhapidophyllum hystrix
Needle palm
Edible: Fruit
Rhapis cochinchinensis
Lao lady palm
Edible: Shoots
Rhopaloblaste ceramica
Rhopaloblaste elegans
Elegant palm
Edible: Fruit - masticatory
Rhopaloblaste ledermanniana
Edible: Shoots, Cabbage, Palm heart
Rhopalostylis sapida
Nikau palm, Nakau, Shaving-brush palm, Feather duster palm, Nika palm
Edible: Cabbage, Flowers, Palm heart, Fruit, Sap
Rhopalostylis sp.
Edible: Cabbage, Palm heart
Rhyticocos amara
Overtop Palm
Edible: Nuts
Roystonea borinquena
Puerto Rican royal palm
Edible: Cabbage, Palm heart
Roystonea oleracea
Caribbean Royal Palm
Edible: Cabbage, Palm heart, Spathe or Young flower stalk, Sago, Starch, Fruit - oil
Roystonea regia
Cuban royal palm, Florida royal palm
Edible: Cabbage, Fruit, Palm heart, Vegetable
Sabal bermudana
Bermuda palm
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage, Fruit
Sabal etonia
Scrub palmetto, Scrub cabbage
Edible: Fruit, Palm Heart, Cabbage
Sabal glabra
Sabal gretherae
Edible: Bud, Fruit
Sabal mauritiiformis
Bay-leaf palm, Savannah palm
Edible: Fruit
Sabal mexicana
Mexican Palmetto
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage, Fruit
Sabal minor
Dwarf Palmetto, Scrub Palmetto
Edible: Fruit, Leaves, Root, Sap, Palm hearts, Starch
Sabal palmetto
Caribbean Cabbage palm
Edible: Fruit, Leaves, Cabbage, Sap, Palm heart
Sabal pumos
Pumos
Edible: Fruit
Sabal rosei
Palma de llano
Edible: Palm hearts, Cabbage
Sabal uresana
Palma blanca, Sonora palmetto
Edible: Palm hearts, Cabbage
Sabal yapa
Japa palmetto
Sagus laevis
Edible: Cabbage, Palm heart
Salacca acehensis
Edible: Fruit
Salacca affinis
Linsum palm, Snake palm, Red salak
Edible: Fruit, Cabbage
Salacca conferta
Edible: Fruit
Salacca glabrescens
Salak, Salak hutan, Pokok rengam
Edible: Fruit
Salacca magnifica
Red salak palm
Edible: Fruit
Salacca nov. sp.
Lekam
Edible: Fruit
Salacca secunda
Edible: Fruit, Shoots, Palm heart
Salacca vermicularis
Lamaying
Edible: Fruit, Palm heart, Cabbage
Salacca wallichiana
Rakum palm
Edible: Fruit, Seeds
Salacca zalacca
Salak palm, Snake fruit palm
Edible: Fruit, Kernel, Seeds, Cabbage, Nuts, Palm heart
Saribus rotundifolius
Saribus tothur
Sclerosperma mannii
Edible: Seeds
Serenoa repens
Saw palmetto, Silver saw palmetto
Edible: Nuts, Cabbage, Fruit, Palm heart
Socratea rostrata
Crespa
Edible: Cabbage, Palm heart, Seeds, Fruit
Syagrus amara
Overtop palm
Edible: Sap, Fruit, Palm heart, Cabbage
Syagrus botryophora
Pati, Patioba
Edible: Seeds - oil, Palm hearts, Cabbage
Syagrus campylospatha
Edible: Fruit
Syagrus cardenasii
Corocito, Saro
Edible: Fruit
Syagrus cearensis
Edible: Fruit, Nuts
Syagrus cerqueirana
Edible: Fruit?
Syagrus cocoides
Ouricuru Palm, Pururima Oil
Edible: Kernel, Nuts, Seeds - oil
Syagrus comosa
Babo
Edible: Fruit, Palm heart, Cabbage, Seed
Syagrus coronata
Licuri palm
Edible: Fruit, Palm heart, Starch, Nuts, Oil
Syagrus flexuosa
Acuma palm
Edible: Fruit, Nuts, Palm heart, Cabbage
Syagrus graminifolia
Edible: Fruit?
Syagrus inajai
Inajai
Edible: Fruit, Seeds
Syagrus macrocarpa
Maria rosa palm
Edible: Fruit, Nuts
Syagrus oleracea
Catole
Edible: Fruit, Palm heart, Cabbage, Seeds, Oil
Syagrus petraea
Edible: Fruit
Syagrus picrophylla
Lent coconut
Edible: Fruit
Syagrus procumbens
Edible: Fruit?
Syagrus romanzoffiana
Queen palm
Edible: Fruit, Palm heart, Cabbage, Seed, Nut
Syagrus ruschiana
Rock coconut
Edible: Kernel, Oil, Nuts
Syagrus sancona
Sumuque palm
Edible: Fruit, Seed, Nut
Syagrus schizophylla
Arikury palm
Edible: Fruit
Syagrus smithii
Catole
Edible: Seeds
Syagrus vagans
Ariri
Edible: Fruit
Synechanthus warsczewiczianus
Edible: Fruit
Thrinax radiata
Florida thatch palm
Edible: Fruit
Trachycarpus fortunei
Chinese Windmill palm, Fortune's chusan-palm
Edible: Flowers, Cabbage, Palm heart, Seeds
Trachycarpus martianus
Martius' fan palm, Himalayan palm
Edible: Leaves, Fruit
Trachycarpus oreophilus
Edible: Shoots, Growing tips, Cabbage
Trithrinax brasiliensis
Uruguay needle palm
Edible: Fruit, Oil
Trithrinax schizophylla
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage
Veitchia arecina
Arecina palm, Montgomery palm
Edible: Palm hearts, Cabbage
Veitchia joannis
Niusawa
Edible: Nuts, Palm heart, Cabbage
Veitchia metiti
Edible: Palm heart
Veitchia pedionoma
Niuniu
Edible: Fruit
Veitchia spiralis
Kajewskia palm
Edible: Palm heart
Veitchia subdisticha
Basibasi
Edible: Fruit
Veitchia vitiensis
Niu sakiki
Edible: Seeds, Flowers, Palm heart, Cabbage
Veitchia winin
Edible: Palm heart
Voanioala gerardii
Voa-nio-ala
Edible: Palm heart
Wallichia caryotoides
Himalayan dwarf fishtail palm
Edible: Shoots, Cabbage, Palm heart
Wallichia disticha
Wallich's disticha palm, Fan-shaped feathery palm
Edible: Starch, Pith, Fruit
Wallichia oblongifolia
Himalayan dwarf fishtail palm, Wallich's dwarf fishtail palm
Edible: Stems - starch
Washingtonia filifera
Desert Fan Palm, Washington Fan palm
Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Stem pith, Cabbage, Palm heart, Flowers
Washingtonia robusta
Desert Fan Palm
Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Palm heart, Cabbage
Welfia regia
Royal welfia
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage, Fruit
Wettinia aequalis
Edible: Palm heart
Wettinia augusta
Edible: Fruit
Wettinia maynensis
Wettinia palm
Edible: Palm heart, Cabbage, Fruit
Wettinia quinaria
Edible: Palm heart, Fruit, Seed