Wild Date Palms or Khejur (Phoenix sylvestris) being tapped for palm juice for making palm-sugar.

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Phoenix sylvestris also known as Silver Date Palm or Sugar Date Palm, is a species of flowering plant in the palm family native to southern Pakistan,most of India and Bangladesh. Growing in plains and scrubland to 1300 m, the fruit from this palm species is used to make wine and jelly. The sap is tapped and drunk fresh or fermented into toddy. The fresh sap is boiled to make palm jaggery in West Bengal state of India and Bangladesh.

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Location: Bankuda, West Bengal, India
Photo credit: © Sanjay Thakur / Alamy / Afripics
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