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PALM TREE TRUNKS
Over 150 Species of Palm Trunks Below

by Phil Bergman

Description of Article

Photographs showing many of the unique and different appearances of the trunks of many different species of palm trees.

Introduction

This article is a pictorial presentation on the vastly different appearances of the trunks of some of the many known species of palm trees. Species names are given with each photo of the trunk. The reader will quickly realize what a gamut of appearances there are. Some are super aesthetic and pretty. Others are frankly quite bizarre. But, they are all different, one way or another.

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PALM TREE TRUNKS

MANY DIFFERENT APPEARANCES
A PICTORIAL PRESENTATION OF PALM TRUNKS

THICK OR THIN
SMOOTH OR SPINEY
SWOLLEN OR TUBULAR
BIZARRE SHAPED OR UNIFORM
CROWN SHAFT OR NOT
SHAGGY OR CLEAN
SINGLE OR MULTIPLE
COLORFUL OR DULL
WHITE RINGS OR CHECKERED
AND, YES, PRETTY OR SORT OF UGLY

ALMOST ANYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE!

Palm trees are unique in that there are over 3500 species and they all look rather different. These differences are not only in the overall tree appearances, but also in the trunks of stems of the palms. There is such a vast array of trunk appearances that it's mind boggling. One would think that all the plants below couldn't possibly all belong to the same family of plants. Differences involve trunk size, numbers of trunks (suckering or not), the presence or absence of a crown shaft at the top of trunk below the leaves, trunk color, trunk texture, the presence of the well recognized rings on the trunk, the presence of spines and so many other things.

This photographic tour is rather self-explanatory. Pictures say it all. My goal is not to discuss each species but rather show the vastly different trunk appearances that you'll see. An attempt has been made to show a lot of different types from around the world. Shown here are almost two hundred species, all demonstrating different sizes/shapes/characteristics and appearances. They are presented in random order with each species identified below the picture.

Burretiokentia vielllardii
Roystonea regia
Roystonea regia

Dypsis hybrid
Aiphanes species
Jubaea chilensis

Jubaea chilensis
Watermelon Chambeyronia macrocarpa
Acrocomia totai

Trithirnax acanthicoma
Hyophorbe verschafeltii
Hyophorbe lagenicaulis

Chamaedorea linearis
Washingtonia robusta
Roystonea regia

Acoelorrhaphe wrightii
Rhopalostylis cheesemanii
Coccothrinax crinita

Dypsis decipiens
Roystonea regia
Copernicia baileyana

Dypsis plumosa
Dypsis lanceolata
Cyrtostachys renda

Cyrtostachys renda (laaka)
Cyrtostachys renda
Areca vestiaria

Dypsis saintlucei
Burretiokentia koghiensis
Burretiokentia vieillardii

Caryota ochlandra
Copernicia prunifera
Ceroxylon species

Carpoxylon macrospermum
Attalea crasispatha
Astrocaryum murumuru

Copernicia curbeloi
Chamaedorea vistae
Chamaedorea alternans

Corypha umbraculifera

Dypsis lastelliana
Dypsis madagascarensis

Cyphokentia macrostachya
Cyphophoenix elegans
Clinostigma harlandii

Daemonorops species
Daemonorops hyrophilus
Dictyosperma almbum

Dypsis manajarensis
Chamaedorea stolinifera
Dypsis ambositrae

Gastrococos crispa
Gastrococos crispa
Dypsis nodifera

Licuala grandis
Licuala grandis
Dypsis saintlucei

Calamus moti
Basselinia deplanchei
Colpothrinax cookii

Phoenix dactylifera
Areca vestiaria
Phoenix reclinata

Phoenix canariensis
Dypsis lutescens
Dypsis decaryi

Salacca edulis
Roystonea venezueliana
Roystonea species

Ptychosperma ledermanniana
Ptychorhapis augusta
Pritchardia remota

Pritchardia martii
Geonoma barnessii
Oncosperma horridus

Mauritia aculeata
Kerriodoxa elegans
Livistona benthamii

Dypsis rivularis
Hedyscepe canterburyana
Galubia costata

Pinanga species
Pinanga caesia
Metroxylon species leaf base

Pinanga malaiana HJD
Pinanga caesia HJD
Pinanga philippinense

Phoenix roebellenii
Orbignya speies
Normambya mormambyi

Kentiopsis piersoniorum
Dypsis decipiens white
Dypsis onilahensis

Rhopalostylis baueri
Sabal dominguensis
Sabal yapa

Neoveitchia storkii
Nenga pumilla
Metroxylon upolense

Geonoma undata by DP
Gaussia princeps
Dypsis sp. like florencei

Hyophorbe verschafeltii
Syagrus schizophylla
Gastrococos crispa

Dypsis onilahensis
Cyphophoenix alba
Wallichia disticha

Veitchia arecina
Syagrus flexuosa
Syagrus coronata

Coccothrinax spissa
Rhapidophyllum hystrix
Raphia hookeri

Areca ipot
Areca alicea
Archontophoenix myolensis

Wodyetia bifurcata juvenile
Deckenia species
Chamaedorea linearis

Spindle Palm
Bottle Palm
Phoenix species

Rhopalostylis cheesemanii
Wallichia disticha
Coccothrinax crinita

Coccothrinax crinita
Zombia antillarum
Copernicia berteroana

Cryosphila species
Dypsis leptocheilos
Sabal mexicana

Cocos nucifera
Roystonea oleracea
Zombia antillarum

Chamaedorea plumosa

Rhopalostylis sapida
Washintonia robusta, trunks cleaned

Washintonia robusta trunks not cleaned
Have petticoats
Pelagodoxa henryana
Cyphophoenix nucele

Sabal palmetto
Sabal riverside
Sabal palmetto

Ravenea hildebrandtii
Chamaedorea stolinifera
Dypsis lutescens

Corypha utan
Corypha utan
Coccothrinax barbadensis

Arenga pinnata
Archontophoenix alexandrae - basal roots
Brahea edulis

Campecarpus fulcitas
Basselinia gracilis
Copernicia tectorum

Bismarckia nobilis
Coccothrinax barbadensis
Copernicia alba

Dypsis species
Kentiopsis oliviformis
Pseudophoenix sargentii

Veitchia joannis
Wodyetia bifurcata
Wodyetia bifurcata

Foxy Lady - Wodyetia x Veitchia
Sabal causiarum
Orbignya cohune

Pseudophoenix vinifiera
Ptychosperma elegans
Sabal Yapa

Cocos nucifera
Dypsis cabadae
Syagrus schizophila

Wodyetia bifurcata
Phoenix roebellenii
Base of Roystonea regia

Queen Palm triple
King Palm triple
Queen Palm

Washingtonia robusta left, filifera right
Copernicia macroglossa
Thrinax radiata

Rhopalostylis sapida
Chambeyronia macrocarpa
Aiphanes aculeata

Sabal rosei

Archontophoenix beatricea
Rhapis humilus

Satakentia liukiuensis
Sabal minor
Roystonea regia

Bismarckia nobilis
Acoelorrhaphe wrightii
Phoenix reclinata

Chamaedorea tepejilote
Clinostigma species
Areca catechu

CONCLUSION

You can well appreciate from all the photographs above the diverse and varied appearance of palm tree trunks. They truly come in all shapes and sizes, either singly or as multiple stems, with tremendously different appearances and characteristics. There is indeed something for everyone to like.

Phil Bergman

Owner & Author this Website

Jungle Music Palm Trees, Cycads and Tropical Plants

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Burretiokentia vielllardii	Roystonea regia	Roystonea regia
Dypsis hybrid	Aiphanes species	Jubaea chilensis
Jubaea chilensis	Watermelon Chambeyronia macrocarpa	Acrocomia totai
Trithirnax acanthicoma	Hyophorbe verschafeltii	Hyophorbe lagenicaulis
Chamaedorea linearis	Washingtonia robusta	Roystonea regia
Acoelorrhaphe wrightii	Rhopalostylis cheesemanii	Coccothrinax crinita
Dypsis decipiens	Roystonea regia	Copernicia baileyana
Dypsis plumosa	Dypsis lanceolata	Cyrtostachys renda
*Cyrtostachys renda (laaka)*	Cyrtostachys renda	Areca vestiaria
*Dypsis saintlucei*	Burretiokentia koghiensis	Burretiokentia vieillardii
*Caryota ochlandra*	Copernicia prunifera	Ceroxylon species
*Carpoxylon macrospermum*	Attalea crasispatha	Astrocaryum murumuru
*Copernicia curbeloi*	Chamaedorea vistae	Chamaedorea alternans
Corypha umbraculifera	Dypsis lastelliana	Dypsis madagascarensis
Cyphokentia macrostachya	Cyphophoenix elegans	Clinostigma harlandii
Daemonorops species	Daemonorops hyrophilus	Dictyosperma almbum
Dypsis manajarensis	Chamaedorea stolinifera	Dypsis ambositrae
Gastrococos crispa	Gastrococos crispa	Dypsis nodifera
Licuala grandis	Licuala grandis	Dypsis saintlucei
*Calamus moti*	Basselinia deplanchei	Colpothrinax cookii
Phoenix dactylifera	Areca vestiaria	Phoenix reclinata
Phoenix canariensis	Dypsis lutescens	Dypsis decaryi
Salacca edulis	Roystonea venezueliana	Roystonea species
Ptychosperma ledermanniana	Ptychorhapis augusta	Pritchardia remota
Pritchardia martii	Geonoma barnessii	Oncosperma horridus
Mauritia aculeata	Kerriodoxa elegans	Livistona benthamii
Dypsis rivularis	Hedyscepe canterburyana	Galubia costata
Pinanga species	Pinanga caesia	Metroxylon species leaf base
Pinanga malaiana HJD	Pinanga caesia HJD	Pinanga philippinense
Phoenix roebellenii	Orbignya speies	Normambya mormambyi
Kentiopsis piersoniorum	Dypsis decipiens white	Dypsis onilahensis
Rhopalostylis baueri	Sabal dominguensis	Sabal yapa
Neoveitchia storkii	Nenga pumilla	Metroxylon upolense
Geonoma undata by DP	Gaussia princeps	Dypsis sp. like florencei
Hyophorbe verschafeltii	Syagrus schizophylla	Gastrococos crispa
Dypsis onilahensis	Cyphophoenix alba	Wallichia disticha
Veitchia arecina	Syagrus flexuosa	Syagrus coronata

*Coccothrinax spissa*	Rhapidophyllum hystrix	Raphia hookeri
*Areca ipot*	Areca alicea	Archontophoenix myolensis
Wodyetia bifurcata juvenile	Deckenia species	Chamaedorea linearis
Spindle Palm	Bottle Palm	Phoenix species
Rhopalostylis cheesemanii	Wallichia disticha	Coccothrinax crinita
Coccothrinax crinita	Zombia antillarum	Copernicia berteroana
Cryosphila species	Dypsis leptocheilos	Sabal mexicana
*Cocos nucifera*	Roystonea oleracea	Zombia antillarum
*Chamaedorea plumosa*	Rhopalostylis sapida	Washintonia robusta, trunks cleaned
Washintonia robusta trunks not cleaned Have petticoats	Pelagodoxa henryana	Cyphophoenix nucele
Sabal palmetto	Sabal riverside	Sabal palmetto
Ravenea hildebrandtii	Chamaedorea stolinifera	Dypsis lutescens
Corypha utan	Corypha utan	Coccothrinax barbadensis
*Arenga pinnata*	Archontophoenix alexandrae - basal roots	Brahea edulis
*Campecarpus fulcitas*	Basselinia gracilis	Copernicia tectorum
*Bismarckia nobilis*	Coccothrinax barbadensis	Copernicia alba
*Dypsis species*	Kentiopsis oliviformis	Pseudophoenix sargentii
*Veitchia joannis*	Wodyetia bifurcata	Wodyetia bifurcata
*Foxy Lady - Wodyetia x Veitchia*	Sabal causiarum	Orbignya cohune
*Pseudophoenix vinifiera*	Ptychosperma elegans	Sabal Yapa
*Cocos nucifera*	Dypsis cabadae	Syagrus schizophila
*Wodyetia bifurcata*	Phoenix roebellenii	Base of Roystonea regia
Queen Palm triple	King Palm triple	*Queen Palm*
Washingtonia robusta left, filifera right	Copernicia macroglossa	Thrinax radiata
*Rhopalostylis sapida*	Chambeyronia macrocarpa	Aiphanes aculeata
Sabal rosei	Archontophoenix beatricea	Rhapis humilus
Satakentia liukiuensis	Sabal minor	Roystonea regia
Bismarckia nobilis	Acoelorrhaphe wrightii	Phoenix reclinata

*Chamaedorea tepejilote*	Clinostigma species	Areca catechu

PALM TREE TRUNKS Over 150 Species of Palm Trunks Below

by Phil Bergman

Description of Article

PALM TREE TRUNKS

PALM TREE TRUNKS
Over 150 Species of Palm Trunks Below