SE North America; tropical and subtropical, wet to dry. Edible fruit is very sweet and tastes like prunes. It is eaten raw, dried, made into syrup and bread. The terminal bud is a vegetable crop often taken from thinnings; leaves for thatch, weaving, brush fibre. The pith of the upper trunk is made into puddings, pies and eaten raw. Reforestation. Local products only; at least 25 spp; solitary fan palms. Semi - wild / wild.
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