Palmyra palm trees in An Giang Province U

It takes a palmyra palm tree 12-15 years to be big enough to have fruits. February and March are the palmyra palm harvest season as during the time, these fruits are so juicy that local people can collect around 60-80 litters of juice per day.

A local picker is climbing up a palmyra palm tree

He is collecting juice on the top of the tree…

… finally, he has two cans full of juice

The juice is used to make sugar

Palmyra palm sugar

Palmyra palm juice is a tasty drink

 

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