Palm tree with deciduous tree branch

[Brent H]

I'm new to this chat site and not very knowledgable re: palm trees, but am looking for an explanation to something peculiar I came across while hiking in an obscure part of Balboa Park in San Diego, CA.  It's a palm tree with a well established deciduous tree branch growing from its trunk (see attached pictures).  I pulled on the branch to see if it had just been manually lodged there but it's well anchored to the palm trunk.  I also searched the area around the palm tree and couldn't find a deciduous tree that matched this branch.  I've heard of small flowering plants sometimes taking hold and growing from palm tree trunks, but never a deciduous tree like this.  Has anyone seen this kind of thing before?  Can any palm tree experts out there explain this to me?  Thanks 

[empireo22]

Here we have Ficus aurea (strangler fig) which can be found many time growing out of Sabal palmetto or Canary palms. also brazillian peppers are a fast growing exotics that can be found growing like so. usually from bird or other animal droppings after eating seeds.

 

looks like some kind of Ficus species to me in the picture.

[richnorm]

Big Jubaea here has similar with roots in the crown that grow ever upwards as it shed leaves. Looks like Ficus ( not deciduous).