Abstract
Abstract There is a paradox about our knowledge of the palm fruit and seed; it is the least studied part of the plant and yet is the most important economic resource. It represents the source of food and raw materials on a massive economic scale. Nevertheless, there are few studies of development, structure, and biology of palm fruits; most interest has been expressed in the physiology and biochemical composition, but even then the potential value of palm fruits as sources of raw material is little understood. Most work has been done on coconut, oil-palm, and date (e.g. van Die 1974); Jeje et al. 1978; Juliano 1926). For palms as a whole information is mainly summarized in Murray (1971, 1973), while Essig (1977a), and Essig and Young (1979) have made a comparative histological study of a group ofarecoid palms. Guérin (1949) made studies on the anatomy of fruit and seed in several palms; Bentinckia condapanna has been described by Padmanabhan and Regupathy (1981).
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