The Cape Verde date palm (Phoenix atlantica), native to the island nation it’s nicknamed for, is one of three trees there that don’t grow in the wild anywhere else. The islands, scattered off ...

Lewis Tree Service’s Jonah Vogel rises above ... Africa and it is a relative of Phoenix dactylifera, the true date palm. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel) (c)2024 the Santa Cruz Sentinel ...