Palm tree is one of Cambodia symbols

Palm tree is one of symbols of Cambodia, this tree also the long life tree in Cambodia that we can see it everywhere in Cambodia (Kingdom of Wonder). It has many advantages: their leaves and branches are used to mate roof, Palm fruit can make sweet or cooking for food, palm juice for vinegar, wine and palm sugar, their root use for traditional medicine.

One more thing is: the most useful for people is their trunk, people take their trunk for boat to transport. In addition, rural area people at countryside are get revenue from this tree to support their daily life. Some people sell palm juice, sell palm sugar and palm wine in their business.

The sugar palm tree - Borassus flabellifer ('skor t'not') is one of Cambodia's national icons. It is found throughout Cambodia and plays a very important role in providing a source of revenue for many Khmer as well as providing material for many home uses.

It is a multi-purpose tree every part of the tree is used for something and often parts have many uses. Khmer use the timber for construction: houses, boats - dug out canoes, cooking and eating implements: chopsticks, spoons, forks, bowls, cups and plates, the leaves are used for many purposes: thatch for roof and walls, mats, baskets, fans and hats, branches are used for fencing and to make thongs/flip flops and juice and fruit are harvested and eaten and used for many things. Indeed the sharp edges of the fronds were also used by the Khmer Rouge to cut the throats of other Khmer. 

The sugar palm tree is the national heritage of Khmer people, Kingdom of Cambodia. The country view is characterized by the presence of this tree and all Cambodian painters never forget this. Millions of palm tree densely grow in the province of Kompong Cham, Kandal, Kompong Chnang, Kompong Speu, Pursat, Takeo, Prey Veng, Svay Rieng, Kg.Thom and Siem Reap province (Siem Reap Angkor Wat). palm tree (Borassus Flabellofer) is a sexed tree,

Female Tnot produces much more juice than male palm tree. It take approximately 20 years before the first harvest and it can live over a hundred year of age (more than human life). Palm sap is obtained by flower squeezing, this operation is not harmful to the growth or the reproduction of palm tree. Season of harvest may start from December to May. Farmers may collect palm sap of approximately 3-10L per tree and per night. If one looks carefully you will often see rickety bamboo ladders fixed to the trees. Bamboo containers are left in the tree and each morning, the juice collector will climb the tree to collect the juice that has been collecting overnight. The containers are then strung over one's shoulder or fixed to a bicycle and the collector becomes a travelling salesperson going to villages until all the juice has been sold.

After evaporation, the palm sap is transformed to palm sugar which is also popular beside our traditional fermented fishes (Prahoc and Pa-ork) and fermented cucumber (Trasak Chav). Along with rice, these products are basic in the Khmer gastronomy. Aside palm sugar (Skor Tnot), people do natural fermentation to produce acid palm juice or palm vine (Teuk Tnot Chou) and palm vinegar (Teuk Khmes Tnot). These products are very popular at countryside but difficult to penetrate into urban market.​ despite of these potentials, rural farmers have also long been facing many constraints such as: Palm tree is not industrial plant, Difficult harvesting, High sensitivity of palm sap to rapid fermentation by wild strains, Limited means of processing and product quality standard, Energy cost, Huge importation and unfair competition, Lack of coordination between producers, Limited information about technique and marketing, Lack of advanced scientific research on palm tree and more. The tree of the poor villagers as palm trees grow in rural parts of Cambodia.

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