A peek inside Paradise Palms, my botanical and sculpture gardens in Delray Beach…
Fruit of a Blue Latan Palm (Latania loddigesii)
Native to Mauritius, these palms grow up to 30 ft tall and 15 ft wide, with large blue-green palmate leaves growing to be 12 ft long. Small yellow flowers are followed by these oblong greenish brown fruits which are about 2 inches long. They have a woody pit similar to a peach but are inedible.