Palm
tree is known as the most trees have grown in Kompong Speu province. If we
drive along the way in national road 4 from the city, we will see the view of
many palm trees. Palm tree has so many benefits including the leaf fruit flower
and the trunk.
The
leaf we can use to pack a cake (Cambodian cake) make a hat, fan, or sow as
thatches to cover and mask the house.
For
the flower we can squeeze to get the juice to drink. When we get the juice we
can use the juice to make sugar which Cambodian known as palm sugar. Nowadays
for our country is more develop and creative we can see that they also use the
juice to make palm vine. For the trunk, people cut it and turn into house’s
joists or boats to ride in the lake and waterway.
There’s
one more thing…
It’s
the fruits. For the ripe fruits we can make a cake out of it and for the unripe
we can cook as SOM LOR KAKO (that’s one of Cambodian dish). For the seed we can
eat them fresh or make dessert…and the kernel is can also be eaten. Please help
protect and take a good care of these palm trees.
