The Palm Tree

The most important three benefits of the palm tree is juice, fruit and wood. Palm tree is very important for Cambodian people because it gives a lot of benefits from the root to the leaf. 

There are about two millions palm trees throughout the country which provide six hundred million liters of juice. It is worth about fifteen million dollars per year. People collect the palm juice every day for six months. They spent ten years to plant a palm tree before it gives juice for the first time; however, one palm tree gives juice for sixty or seventy years. The palm juice is very delicious, sweet and has aromatic smell. Many people sell the juice but some people process the juice into other popular products such as wine, sugar palm, candy, vinegar, and other. People can make a quarter dollar for one palm tree per day during harvest season. 

In addition, both ripe and unripe fruit can be eaten. They are so delicious. Some Cambodian people like to eat unripe fruit, but some people like to make a dessert before serving it. There are many kinds of desserts which are made from palm fruit and mixed with sugar palm and coconut cream. People do not throw the ripe fruit away. Unripe palm fruit is used to make cupcake with sugar palm and smells very good. 

Finally, palm wood is very good black wood, not easy decay and stays last long to more than 30 years. Normally, people use palm tree us to construct the house, boat, and furniture. We can construct the whole frame of a house from palm tree without concert, and steal. The dry leaf is very good for roof and wall. The roof and the wall which are made of palm leaf will keep the house warm for a whole day during dry season. 

To sum up, the palm tree gives a bunch of benefits to Cambodian people.