🌍 South & Southeast Asia (Borassus flabellifer — palmyra palm; Arenga pinnata — gari/gulma palm; Caryota urens — fishtail palm; India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines)
🕰️ ~2000 BC India (Borassus sapor); ancient TamilSangam literature (3rd century BC); still daily sweetener in Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Myanmar