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
Ilama (fruit) 100 g of edible portion of the fruit is as follows: The ilama fruit was used as a plot device in the 1997 Malayalam film "Guru", directed by Rajeev Anchal. This was India's official entry to the 1997 Academy Award, to be considered for nomination for the Best Foreign Film. Unlike its portrayal in the film, eating ilama fruit does not cause blindness, nor does the seed cure one of blindness. Ilama (fruit) The ilama or ilama tree ("Annona diversifolia") is a tropical fruit tree found in Central America. The name is derived from the Nahuatl "ilamatzapotl", of which the