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Production of palmyra tender fruit endosperm in india

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Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, including Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines

Colors Black to brown

Shapes Broadly ovoid, 10–18 cm (3.9 in - 7.1 in) in diameter with a fibrous and fleshy, mesocarp and with a tightly adhering persistent large calyx at the base

Taste Sweet

Health benefits Helps relieve digestive problems, Helps relieve skin related problems, Cools the Body, Helps Reduce Weight, Home Remedy for Many Ailments, Heals Migraines, Prevention of Diabetes, Rich in Phytonutrients

Borassus flabellifer, commonly known as doub palm, palmyra palm, tala palm, toddy palm, wine palm, or ice apple is a large fan palm of Arecaceae ⁄ Palmae (Palm family). The plant is native to Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, including Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. It is supposedly naturalized in Pakistan, Socotra, and parts of China. Some of the popular common names of the plant are African Fan Palm, Asian Palmyra Palm, Borassus Palm, Brab Tree, Cambodian Palm, Doleib, Doub Palm, Great Fan Palm, Ice-Apple, Lontar Palm, Palmyra Palm, Ron Palm, Sea Apple, Tal- Palm, Tala Palm, Toddy Palm, Sugar Palm, Wine Palm, Nugnu Palm, fan palm, sea apple, toddy, black palm and brab. Genus name comes from the Greek word borassos meaning the immature spadix of date palm. Specific epithet from the Latin word flabellatus meaning like an open fan. Tree sap, called toddy, is tapped for use as a beverage, hence the common name of toddy palm. Leaves were formerly used as paper in Indonesia, hence the common name of lontar palm.

The sweet sap of the Palmyra tree is called Toddy and is used in preparation of Palm jaggery. Sap is fermented to make Arrack which is an alcoholic beverage. Almost every part of the tree is useful to mankind. The fan shaped tall tree bears fruits like that of a coconut tree. The pulp is tender and the husk is fibrous similar to that in Coconut. The fruit has a black husk and is 4 to 7 inches in diameter. It is borne in clusters. The top portion of the fruit is cut off to reveal the three sweet jelly seed sockets.

Plant Description

Palmyra Fruit is a tall, single-stemmed evergreen palm tree that can grow about 20–30 m tall and the trunk may have a circumference of 1.7 m at the base. The trunk is tall going up to a height of 30 meter. It is strong, cylindrical and black in color, with a circumference of approximately 1.5 to 2.5 meter at the base and approximately 1 meter at middle and tail parts. The hard outer wood of the trunk is used as pillars, furniture and supporting tool for kutcha houses. The trunk is also used as pipes to supply water in agricultural land and streams. The wood is used to make walking sticks and windows grills. Dried and holed trunk is used for make boats in coastal region. In a nutshell, the trunk is used appropriately depending on the size, texture and condition of the trunk and in no condition does it go completely waste. The tree wood will be stronger an old age trees. The old age trees are good income for the local people; the single tree cost around 700 rupees.