LIFE SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Oil palm, an unbranched perennial monocotyledon, possesses a single shoot apical meristem (SAM), which is responsible for the initiation of the entire above-ground structure of the plant.

Detailed explanation-2: -Palms typically have only one growing point or apical meristem per stem, and it is embedded and protected within a series of older, overlapping leaf bases (LBs) and developing leaves (DLs) (king palm).

Detailed explanation-3: -Even though a coconut tree (Cocos nucifera) is a species of the palm tree family (Arecaceae), there is a great variety of palm trees not bearing coconuts. So in short: A coconut tree is a type of palm tree, but not all palm trees are coconut trees.

Detailed explanation-4: -Most palms are distinguished by their large, compound, evergreen leaves, known as fronds, arranged at the top of an unbranched stem.