Scientists have shown for the first time the widespread harm caused in Peru by cutting down the palm tree Mauritia flexuosa in order to harvest its fruit. The scientists examined where and why the ...

MOBILE, Alabama -- I’ve been bicycle foraging again, and have made out extremely well. After a foraging expedition as sweet as this one, it makes me wonder whether I should even bother to garden.

Symptoms of lethal bronzing disease can include sudden fruit drop, browning leaves, spear leaf death and root rot.

Côte d'Ivoire recently announced a plan to triple its palm oil production without endangering more indigenous forests, but the plan “may seem unrealistic” due to low yields and diminishing lands, ...

Borassus flabellifer is the scientific name and like most scientific names, a bit of a tongue twister for the palmyra palm — a tree that is very much a part of the Indian landscape and its culture.