Saw Palmetto (Serenoa repens)

Family: Arecaceae or Palmae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)

Bloom Color: White. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Palm.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit, Nuts/Seeds

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer

Flavor & Culinary Uses

sweet flavour but with a soapy taste and a strong vanilla-like aroma. — Fruit - raw or cooked.; A sweet flavour but with a soapy taste and a strong vanilla-like aroma.; Regular consumption of the fruit is supposed to be very beneficial to the health, improving the digestion and helping to increase weight and strength.; Seed - raw or cooked.

Habitat & North American Range

Low pine woods, savannahs and thickets, where it often forms substantial thickets. Also found on coastal sand dunes. (Zone 8)