Two people were arrested Monday on charges that they illegally harvested 801 pounds of saw palmetto berries in Plant City, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.

PLANT CITY, Fla. \- The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office has arrested two individuals for allegedly stealing a substantial amount of saw palmetto berries. This On Monday, August 26, 2024, the ...

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Saw palmetto is a plant whose berries can be made into a liquid extract, tablets, capsules, and as an infusion or tea. It is studied for its benefits for prostate health, but not much is known ...

"Saw Palmetto plants are considered to be commercially exploited," said Gioeli. Gioeli says he hopes people do things the legal way because the berries also play a critical role in our environment.

The 2005 county ordinance (Section 23-2 of the county code) prohibiting saw palmetto berries harvesting also prohibits the removal of soil, rock, sand, stones, trees, shrubs, plants or wood materials.

A new Florida law criminalizes saw palmetto berry picking without a permit as a felony. ... The low-growing plants produce berries with an unpleasant, bitter taste.

An extract of saw palmetto berries may block 5-alpha-reductase, an enzyme that converts testosterone to DHT. DHT is the molecule responsible for hair loss and also is involved in the enlargement ...

The saw palmetto berry comes from a small type of palm tree called the Serenoa repens plant, which is native to Florida. Though traditionally used to support prostate health in men, saw palmetto ...

Freiden sells the raw saw palmetto plant and powder at his shop. He said the more you do to it, the more money can be made. He said if the people who illegally harvested 800 pounds of saw palmetto ...

Saw palmetto berry pickers, trapesing into the Florida wilds to nab those small purple-black drupes this past year, had a lot more to be concerned with than in years passed. A new state law ...