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
Superb fruit dove a resident bird; in more marginal or seasonal habitats such as those in Australia, flocks are known to move about according to the availability of food (Frith "et al." 1976). The superb fruit dove feeds primarily upon fruits and berries. In the Port Moresby area, the bulk of its diet was found to consist of figs, notably "Ficus albipila" and "Ficus benjamina", "Canarium australianum" drupes, and "Archontophoenix", "Calamus" and "Livistona" palm fruit. Also frequently eaten were the fruits of various cinnamon trees, "Litsea", "Neolitsea" and "Cryptocarya". Less important food were fruits of Ylang-ylang ("Cananga odorata"), "Syzygium", and "Vitex cofassus". They