Plantation Crops

Varieties

There is no recognized variety.
Based on fruit type (colour of fruit pericarp) there are groups of palms viz,
Black skin : are generally more sweet and red skin / Golden skin fruit types : Fruit and nut number per tree is more than black fruits but are generally less sweet
SVPR-1: Palmyra research station, Srivaliputhur (T.N.A.U.) has released one improved variety namely SVPR-1 Palmyra palm.
Features semi-dwarf type High padaneer yield of 298 litres per palm in a tapping duration of 95 days.
Quality of padaneer : The padaneer of this variety has a high jaggery content (144 g per litre of padaneer i.e., 14.40 %) and a high brix content.