Palm tree is a common name, which means palm tree. (There are three species in Palma, China, but wild palm and dragon's paw are rare and only distributed in Yunnan. Dragon's paw is a rare and endangered plant. )

The difference between palm trees and coconut trees:

1, these two trees belong to the same family (Palmae) but different genera: the former belongs to Palmae; The latter is coconut.

2. Coconut tree is a tall tree with a height of15-30m; Palm tree-shaped, 3- 10 meters high or higher.

3. Coconut leaves are pinnately divided and 3-4 meters long; Palm leaves are fan-shaped: 3/4 round or nearly round, deeply divided into 30-50 wrinkled linear swords.

4. Palm tree stems are covered with old petiole bases and dense reticular fibers that are not easy to fall off; Coconut stems are stout, with annular leaf scars and no reticular fibers.

5. Coconut fruit is ovoid or nearly spherical, slightly triangular at the top, about 15-25 cm long, which is obviously larger than palm fruit; Palm fruit is basically below 1 cm.

6. Palm is mainly stripped of its palm skin fibers (leaf sheath fibers) for rope making, coconut shell fibers, palm tension, carpets, brushes and sofa fillers. Young leaves can be bleached and made into fans and straw hats.

Coconut is mainly eaten: drink coconut juice and eat coconut meat. Fry oil.