Palm oil has been the centre of health controversy for a long time now labelled as unhealthy by some and praised for ...

The 6-hour duration was sufficient for better oil extraction and higher yields using hexane as the apolar solvent. Generally speaking, the solvent extraction process is very efficient, especially for ...

Palmyra palm is a resilient, multi-use tree offering nutrition, income, and sustainable rural livelihoods through sap, fruits ...

Phoenix reclinata Senegal Date Palm is stunning in the landscape.  Its multiple trunks spread outward gracefully, creating ...

MacCubbin gives Florida gardening advice about crape myrtles, summer vegetables, lemon trees, tomato plants, indoor palms and ...

A date palm tree can strike an imposing figure in any backyard. The slow-growing trees can grow as single or multi-stemmed plants and offer year-round interest with decorative fro ...

In Burundi, the European Fan Palm, an important tree species in citizens’ lives, has lost an essential part of its life cycle due to a change in the ecological chain.

The iconic Cape Verde date palm came from commercial trees gone feral and could provide genetic variety to boost the resilience of its tamer relatives.

Across southeastern Liberia, oil palms grow wild in the forest. Known as “country palm,” the Elaeis guineensis tree is native to West Africa and treasured by local communities. “In the rural ...

For 14 years, scientists have been growing a tree akin to the Judean balsam — the source of the balm of Gilead — but with no modern counterpart.

The main reason to prune a palm tree is for aesthetics. Unlike other shrub or tree pruning, cutting back the tree won’t ...

Their findings reveal that establishing islands of trees within large oil palm monocultures can promote the recovery of native tree diversity through natural regeneration.