“…According to Donato [14], the increase in the thickness of young cladodes is related to their age, primary cladodes are thicker, due to their function of support and transport of nutrients and organic substances, followed by secondary, tertiary and other cladodes present. Thus, the organic matter supply allows better conditions for the development of the plants, due to the improvements in the substrate characteristics [15], favouring the increase in the physical parameters of young palm cladodes.…”