Answer:
I am often sold by children entrepreneurs in summer time
I have palms but not on hands I offer foods from distant lands When at my peak you'll see me smoke I'm famous for my friendly folk My flowers grow and yet they lay There's fire where a man will play.
I have roots nobody sees. I am taller than trees. Up up I go but I never grow.
What has an eye but cannot see?
Squeeze me and I cry tears as red as flesh, but my heart is made of stone. What am I?
Though not a plant, has leaves. Though not a beast, has spine. Though many wouldn't need this thing, It's more valuable than wine.