What Fruit Grows on Palm Trees? Arguably the most common fruit that grows on palm trees is coconuts. But did you know, palm trees also provide a number of other delicious fruits? With the right species, you can enjoy dates, peaches, and even acai.

What fruit do you get from a palm tree?

Palm trees are a beautiful and unique staple of the scenery in any warm, tropical climate. Two edible fruits – coconuts and dates – grow on some varieties of Palm trees, but people are sometimes confused as to which Palm trees grow each of these delicious fruits.

What do you harvest from a palm tree?

Heart of palm is a vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees, most notably the coconut (Cocos nucifera), juçara (Euterpe edulis), açaí palm (Euterpe oleracea), palmetto (Sabal spp.), and peach palm.

Peak production occurs between 30 and 35, when a healthy tree will produce up to 200 pounds of fruit each year. Productivity declines after 60 and most date palms have reached the end of their reproductive life after 80, at which point their fruit production declines significantly or ceases altogether.