Palm sugar sap ('toddy') from the flowers. The date palm has two species, "Phoenix dactylifera" and "P. sylvestris", and both are sources of palm sugar. "P. dactylifera" is common in the Mediterranean and Middle East. "P. sylvestris" is native to Asia, mainly Pakistan and India. Date palms are cultivated mainly for dates. Palm sugar is made from the tree's sap. The nipa palm ("Nypa fruticans") is native to the coastlines and tropical regions of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the only palm tree that grows in a watery mangrove biome. Only its leaves and flowers grow above water. Palm sugar
Heart of palm Heart of palm Heart of palm is a vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees (notably coconut ("Cocos nucifera"), juçara ("Euterpe edulis"), Açaí palm ("Euterpe oleracea"), palmetto ("Sabal" spp.), and peach palm. Harvesting of many uncultivated or wild single-stemmed palms results in palm tree death (e.g. "Geonoma edulis"). However, other palm species are clonal or multi-stemmed plants (e.g. "Prestoea acuminata", "Euterpe oleracea") and moderate harvesting will not kill the entire clonal palm. Heart of palm may be eaten on its own, and often it is eaten in a salad. An alternative to wild heart