Illipe Nut and Palm Sugar | Food and Land Use Coalition

View of a forest in Sintang regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia.

A farmer climbs up a palm sugar tree to collect the sap at a forest in Sintang regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia.

A farmer boils the sap collected from the sugar palm tree to be turned into sugar at a forest in Sintang regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia.

A farmer climbs up a palm sugar tree to collect the sap at a forest in Sintang regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia.

A farmer walks back to his traditional boiling station after collecting the sap at a forest in Sintang regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia.

A farmer traditionally process sugar palm juice taken from a sugar palm tree into palm sugar at a forest in Sintang regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia.

View of a forest in Sintang regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Portait of an ilipe nut farmer at the forest in Sintang regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Portait of ilipe nut farmers at the forest in Sintang regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Farmers harvest ilipe nuts that fell from the endangered Shorea Stenoptera tree in the forest in Sintang regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. The nut from this species is a principal source of a vegetable fat called 'tangkawang' or 'Borneo tallow'; or sometimes 'Illipe'. When ripe the nuts fall to the forest floor, where they are harvested by hand.

An ilipe nut that fell from the endangered Shorea Stenoptera tree in the forest is harvested in Sintang regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. The nut from this species is a principal source of a vegetable fat called 'tangkawang' or 'Borneo tallow'; or sometimes 'Illipe'. When ripe the nuts fall to the forest floor, where they are harvested by hand.

Farmers dry ilipe nuts in the sun at a village in Sintang regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia.

A worker uses a moisture meter to check the level of moisture of sun-dried ilipe nuts before packing them into sacks at a village in Sintang regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia.