Palm branch climbed palm trees to call the faithful to prayer, from which the minaret developed. In the Quran (19:16–34), Mary is said to have given birth to Jesus under a date palm. In northern Sudan, the "doum" palm is the symbol of endurance "(doum)", and particularly of the Muslim saint who gave his name to Wad Hamid. The palm also appears on a number of coins from Islamic states, for example the 1970 Tunisian 1 dinar issue honoring the Food and Agriculture Organization, and several Iraqi coins of the 1970s. The Latin motto of Lord Nelson is "Palmam qui meruit ferat",
Palm sugar is made from the sugar-rich sap. The sugar palm ("Arenga pinnata") is native to the coastal and tropical regions of Asia, mainly China and Indonesia. The sap used to produce palm sugar is known in India as "gur" and in Indonesia as "gula aren". The coconut palm ("Cocos nucifera") yields coconut palm sugar from the sap of its flowers. It grows in coastal areas of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Major suppliers are Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Palm sugar is produced by boiling collected sap until it thickens. The boiled sap can be sold as palm syrup. It is