where is the heart of palm on a palm tree
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title: Heart of palm text: Heart of palm Heart of palm is a vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees (notably coconut ("Cocos nucifera"), juçara ("Euterpe edulis"), Açaí palm ("Euterpe oleracea"), palmetto ("Sabal" spp.), and peach palm. Harvesting of many uncultivated or wild single-stemmed palms results in palm tree death (e.g. "Geonoma edulis"). However, other palm species are clonal or multi-stemmed plants (e.g. "Prestoea acuminata", "Euterpe oleracea") and moderate harvesting will not kill the entire clonal palm. Heart of palm may be eaten on its own, and often it is eaten in a salad. An alternative to wild heart title: Heart of palm text: down and the bark is removed, leaving layers of white fibers around the center core. During processing, the fibers are removed, leaving the center core or heart of palm. The center core is attached to a slightly more fibrous cylindrical base with a larger diameter. The entire cylindrical center core and the attached base are edible. The center core is considered more of a delicacy because of its lower fiber content. Hearts of palm are rich in fiber, potassium, iron, zinc, phosphorus, copper, vitamins B2, B6, and C. Heart of palm Heart of palm is a vegetable harvested from the title: Heart of palm text: as a delicacy. As of 2008, Costa Rica was the primary source of fresh palm hearts in the U.S. The Edible Palm Company located in Orlando, Florida, has been the largest importer of sustainably farmed fresh hearts of palm from Costa Rica to the United States since 2002. Peach palms are also cultivated in Hawaii, and now have limited distribution on the mainland, primarily to the restaurant trade. Florida's wild "Sabal palmetto" or cabbage palm was once a source of hearts of palm but is now protected by conservation law. When harvesting the cultivated young palm, the tree is cut title: Heart of palm text: of palm are palm varieties that have become domesticated farm species. The main variety that has been domesticated is "Bactris gasipaes", known in English as peach palm. This variety is the most widely used for canning. Peach palms are self-suckering and produce multiple stems, up to 40 on one plant, so harvesting several stems from a plant is not so expensive because the plant can live on. Another advantage it has over other palms is that it has been selectively bred to eliminate the vicious thorns of its wild cousins. Since harvesting is still labor intensive, palm hearts are regarded title: Açaí palm text: Açaí palm The açaí palm (, "asaí"), "Euterpe oleracea," is a species of palm tree (Arecaceae) cultivated for its fruit (açaí berries or simply açaí), hearts of palm (a vegetable), leaves and trunk wood. Global demand for the fruit expanded rapidly in the 21st century and so the tree is cultivated for that purpose primarily. "Euterpe oleracea" is mostly native to Brazil, Trinidad and other countries of northern South America, mainly in swamps and floodplains. Açaí palms are tall, slender trees growing to more than tall, with pinnate leaves up to long. The fruit is small, round, and black-purple in