Desert Fan Palm (Washingtonia filifera)

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

Bloom Color: White, Yellow. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Palm, Upright or erect.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit, Nuts/Seeds, Leaves

Harvest Seasons: Spring, Early Summer, Late Summer, Fall, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

sweet pulp that tastes somewhat like dates. — Fruit - raw or cooked or dried for later use.; It can be made into jellies and drinks or dried and ground into a meal.; The seed can be ground up with the dried fruit and then both are eaten as a porridge.; The fruit is small and hard, but has a thin sweet pulp that tastes somewhat like dates.

Habitat & North American Range

Often forming extensive groves or small isolated clumps in moist alkaline spots in rocky canyons about seeps, springs and streams below 1500 metres. (Zone 9)