Secret of Khmer Palm Tree

Palm tree is a kind of botanical family perennial trees, climbers, shrubs, and acaules and there are various type of palm tree around 2,600 types grow in different part of the world mostly in in tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate climates. There is one special type of palm tree also grow in Cambodia as it is located in southeast Asia with a tropical climate which we can not see this type of palm tree in other area. We can see palm tree though out the country except high land and near coastline area, therefore palm tree is also one of Cambodia symbolic.

Palm tree is a special type of tree which grow naturally and did not require any care with a very long life around a  hundred years and can grow and standstill in any form of climates such as flood, drought, or storm. Palm tree is playing an important role in providing source of income for Cambodia people especially who live in rural area as it has many advantages.

The most amazing thing, all the part of palm tree can be used for something for sell to generate income or for daily use items. 

Female Palm tree produces much more juice than male palm tree. It take approximately 20 years before the first. Palm juice 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 juice of approximately 3-10L per tree and per night. Moreover, juice can be used as fresh drink, wine or to make palm sugar and vinegar for use in daily cooking.

Its fruit can be harvested as vegetable for make a dish - mixed vegetable dish and fresh fruit for eat as sweet. Its leaf can be used to make as roof for house in rural area, hat, mattress and box. Its truck can be used to make a boat for fishing and timber for construction: houses, dug out canoes, cooking and eating implements such as chopsticks, spoons, forks, bowls, cups and plate for everyday usage.

Cambodia palm tree is the most amazing plant due to it has many advantages in providing source of income without any cost as it is naturally grow. Therefore, we should try to project palm tree and use it carefully due to it need many years for fully grow in order to get all above mentioned.