Sugar palms

Palm-kemdl n. palm-kernel oil. -kemolselfe, -kernseife, /. palm(-kernel) oil soap, -lilie, /. yucca, -nuss, /. palm nut, palm kernel coconut. -nussSl,n. palm-kernel oil coconut oil. -ol, n. palm oil. -dlseife, /. palm oil soap, -seife, /. palm (oil) soap, -sekt, m. palm wine, palm toddy, -starke, /. palm starch, sago, -wachs, n. palm wax. -zucker, m. palm sugar, jaggery. 

Other naturally occurring sweeteners include palm sugars, maple sugar, honey, and agave syrups (composed of about 90% fructose). 

The powdered seeds are made into a paste for drawing boils and, with or without cumin seeds and palm sugar, are prescribed for chroiuc diarrhoea and dysenteiy. The seed coat, too, is astringent, and is also specified for the latter disorders. An infusion of the roots is believed to have curative value in chest complaints and is an ingredient in prescriptions for leprosy (S). 

A. Paijoko, S.M. Rahman, K.A. Buckle, and C.O. Perera, Osmotic dehydration kinetics of pineapple wedges nsing palm sugar, LWT, 29 452 (1996). 

C. W. Ho, WM. Aida, M.Y. Maskat, and H. Osman, Changes in volatile compounds of palm sap (Arenga pinnata) during the heating process for production of palm sugar. Food Chem. 102(4), 1156-1162(2007). 

Ho, C. W. Wan Aida, W. M Maskat, M. Y. Osman, H. Optimization of headspace solid phase microextraction (HS-SPME) for gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis of aroma compound in palm sugar (Arenga piimata, . Journal of Food Composition and AtMlysis,29, 19(8), 822-830. 

Making palm sugar is an occupation that many villagers in Asia do after rice harvest to earn additional income. In some instances the tree itself is tapped rather than the flowering spikes, but this is an isolated production method. The sugar palm sap containing around... 

Cutting the flower buds (inflorescences) of the coconut palm in a similar way as sugar palm tapping yields coconut sugar (also commercialized as coco sugar or coconut palm sugar). It should be noticed that the oil palm Elaeis guinensis) also contains around 10%... 

Sia, J., Yee, H.-B., Santos, J. and Abdurrahman, M. (2010) Cyclic voltammetric analysis of antioxidant activity in cane sugars and palm sugars from Southeast Asia. Food Chem., 118, 840-846. 

Palm Sugar originates from various palm species, e. g., palmyra, saga or Toddy palm, coconut and Nipa palm grown in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and the Philippines, respectively. 

Phoenix palms Phoenix sylvestris) are commonly grown in India, Ceylon, West Africa, the Middle East, Canary Islands, China, Bangladesh and Pakistan, and they are the main sources of palm sugar. The sugar sap is obtained when it flows out of wounds that are inflicted on the active part of the trunk within the crown. A single tree may yield 4-19 liters/d. Averages are 250-1100 liters per season. Tapping can be performed for 40 years and more. The date palm P. dactylifera) is tapped for the same purpose, but the whole central bud is cut out, and after 2 months the exhausted stem is dry and is used as firewood. 

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