The vascular system in palms is arranged very differently. If you have ever looked at a palm trunk cross-section, it is unique. First, palms don’t have bark. What appears to be bark is simply ...

A friend sent me a photo of a "bald" palm tree ( Trachycarpus wagnerianus ). I've never seen anyone remove the fuzz from the trunk, but it's pretty cool. Makes me think of the tall palms in drier ...

The trunk of a pine or oak tree grows in a radial pattern; the annual rings effectively make a series of hollow cylinders inside each other, says Metcalfe. Meanwhile, the stem of a palm tree is ...

KUALA LANGAT: Oil palm trunk is an ideal alternative source of raw materials in the timber and furniture industry, said Datuk Seri Mah Siew Keong. The Plantation Industries and Commodities ...

BANTING, Dec 18 (Bernama) -- Oil palm smallholders have been urged to diversify their income through the use of oil palm trunk (OPT) which has the potential to become an alternative raw material for ...