The white Kernel of the ripe palm fruit after being left for a few months has got its uses.

One was trying to get the palm fruit above the tents.

The palm fruit takes five to six months to mature from pollination to maturity.

In some instances fruits resembling palm fruits hang down on either side above the base and below the lowest leaves.

A worker carries palm fruit near the town of Tiquisate, Guatemala.

"He's been up in a ladder getting palm fruit," Ms. Morse said.

These new habitats - replete with brush piles and palm fruit - support an extraordinary density of rats.

The palm fruit is reddish, about the size of a large plum, and grows in large bunches.

Medium chain fatty acids such as those found in coconut and the kernel of many palm fruits also inhibit 5α-reductase.

It should not be confused with the juice made from palm fruit.