Author Topic: Can you id my palm fruit? I don't think they're pejibaye (Costa Rica)  (Read 761 times)

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Hi there, we have half a dozen very prolific palms - they seem to fruit 2-3 times a year. The dogs love the fruit.

I'd been assuming they were pejibaye, but on closer inspection of pejibaye images online they do not seem to be, since they are round rather than oblong. (Plus the trunks aren't spiny.)





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Re: Can you id my palm fruit? I don't think they're pejibaye (Costa Rica)
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2022, 06:50:59 PM »
It could be pejibaye. The trunks are not always spiny. If you could post a photo that really shows the whole crown of the palm that would help.

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Re: Can you id my palm fruit? I don't think they're pejibaye (Costa Rica)
« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2022, 07:25:18 PM »
Could be areca nut/betel nut, areca catechu. I don't think it's pejibaye, even spineless pejibaye don't have that green trunk between rings.

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Re: Can you id my palm fruit? I don't think they're pejibaye (Costa Rica)
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2022, 01:35:00 PM »
Here are pics of the whole palms:





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Re: Can you id my palm fruit? I don't think they're pejibaye (Costa Rica)
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2022, 03:01:29 PM »
I have a tall betel nut just like that,making a forrest of betel trees under it.Dwarf is nice very very short to pick.

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Re: Can you id my palm fruit? I don't think they're pejibaye (Costa Rica)
« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2022, 09:03:52 AM »
No wonder the dogs like them if they are betel! I'd better dial back their consumption.

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Re: Can you id my palm fruit? I don't think they're pejibaye (Costa Rica)
« Reply #6 on: March 21, 2022, 10:16:47 AM »
Yeah, Betel nut palms

 

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