There are fine hotels, club houses and cottages, and the Palmetto Golf Links near the city are probably the finest in the southern states; fox-hunting, polo, tennis and shooting are among the popular sports.
The leaves of Sabal palmetto, the thatch or palmetto palm, are used for thatching.
Saw Palmetto also contains sterols that give the herb its ' hormonal action.
Those which do have some supporting evidence are saw palmetto and beta-sitosterol plant extracts and rye grass pollen extract.
Saw Palmetto inhibits the enzyme 5-alpha reductase, which in turn reduces the amount of DHT produced.