Welcome to Our Home Town Bay Nui
Located in Mekong Delta area of Vietnam, An Giang is a cultural hub of many indigenous groups including Khmer (Cambodian Vietnamese), Cham (Cham Vietnamese), and Hoa (Chinese Vietnamese). Khmer ethnic people mostly live in the community of Bay Nui including two rural towns Tri Ton and Tinh Bien. Bay Nui is not only famous for beautiful scenery with mountains and paddle fields but also its wildly grown palmyra trees. Even though palmyra trees can be found in other towns in An Giang too but they mostly grow wildly in Bay Nui area, where mostly Khmer ethnic people live and the production of palmyra nectar is considered to be their traditional occupation.
Ethical & Sustainable
Palmania palmyra nectar is made from inflorescence sap of WILD palmyra (Borassus Flabellifer) trees in Vietnam.
It takes at least 30 years until a wild palmyra tree is ready for its first nectar harvest. From that time, the nectar can be harvested yearly until the tree reaches its natural lifespan, which can be over 100 years.
Palmyra nectar production is inherently ethical and sustainable because tapping does not harm the trees or shorten their lifespan.
From Nature To You
Harvesting season is in the dry season in the south of Vietnam, which normally happens from November to June of the following year. To harvest the sap which is then used to make the nectar, farmers climb the trees, make the cuts on the flower surface and put a container under that. The sap is then boiled to create soft palmyra nectar.
From soft palmyra nectar sourcing directly from our farmers, we apply advanced drying techniques to create the finest palmyra nectar.
A Product That Makes Us Proud
Revive a traditional craft: an almost forgotten traditional craft is now revived for future generations
Better income for indigenous farmers: by closely cooperating and buying directly from farmers, we not only ensure our product quality but also provide better wages (2-2.5 times higher than the average) and a stable annual income
Save the trees: with monetary incentives that Palmania brings, indigenous farmers keep their culturally meaningful trees for palmyra nectar production instead of cutting down and selling them for EUR 18 just to be used as timber
Create more jobs for local: we also create more jobs for locals, especially for young indigenous women at our production site.
