Food Plants International - Plant Fact Sheets Acoelorrhaphe wrightii - Silver Saw Palmetto
Edible Portion: Fruit
An evergreen cluster palm tree. It grows 10 m high and spreads 4 m wide. The stems are erect and slender. They are covered with persistent sheaths and leaf stalks. The leaf stalks have thorns along the edge. The leaves are pale green and 90 cm long. The flowering shoots are among the leaves. The fruit are small and like berries. They are clustered on long stems.