It would be considered a hardwood, according to the following classification:
The Mexican fan palm (Washingtonia robusta) belongs to the angiosperms and monocotyledons classes.
guava tree has hard stem while banana plant has soft stem
Mexican Palm
soft
Washingtonia robusta (Mexican Fan palm) assuming they wont be zapped by Lightning.
Depends on what you determine as "hard" or "soft". The general answer is that the inside of a tree is "soft". This general answer is derived from the comparison of the bark on the outside of a tree and the soft fleshy tissue on the inside of tree.
The hardest palm tree is the alphas Galper it is so hard chainsaws struggle to cut through it.
At Soft Tree and Hard wood
Hard wood
The Kurrajong tree is made of very soft wood.
By feeling it of course.If you feel a soft thing then you feel a tree then you feel a hard thing and then feel a tree maybe its in between maybe its hard maybe its soft.I 'll let you find that out.
A palm tree - as palm is a part of the hand
it is a softwood tree