palm wine
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Palm wine is a sweet alcoholic drink made by fermenting the sap collected from certain palm tree species, including coconut, date, and Palmyra palms. It has been an important traditional beverage and source of income in many tropical regions for centuries.
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Palm wine, known by several local names, is an alcoholic beverage created from the sap of various species of palm trees such as the palmyra, date palms, and coconut palms. It is known by various names in different regions and is common in various parts of Africa, the Caribbean, South America, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Micronesia. Palm wine production by smallholders and individual farmers may promote conservation as palm trees become a source of regular household income that may economically be worth more than the value of timber sold.