Having studied plants in an earlier part of my life I began to wonder what kind of "palms" they spread on Jesus' path into Jerusalem. Today's technology allowed me to simply "Google" the question and here I am sharing a few of the search results. If you are curious, too, just click on the links provided or copy and paste them into your favorite browser address field and proceed to learn. There was far too much interesting information to copy and paste it all here and I probably only scratched the surface.
Why did they lay palm leaves on Jesus' route?
Biblical basis and symbolism
Main article: Triumphal entry into Jerusalem
This article is the one with the notes about the donkey as well as the use of palms.
