What is the botanical name for the 'Palm Sugar' source commonly known as the Palmyra palm?
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Correct answer: Borassus flabellifer
Borassus flabellifer is the Palmyra palm. Sugar (jaggery) is produced by boiling down the sap collected from the cut spadix (inflorescence) of the tree.
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