Utilization of Nipah (Nypa fruticans)

Hi stemian,
Today I greet my best friend to tell about the utilization of nipah, nipah I get when follow Indonesia Photo Challenge 1 with theme "Reptil". Looking for reptiles in the swamp close to where to live to take a good photo moment but I did not bring home satisfactory results because wild reptiles are very difficult to photograph then I think why this nipah plant is not utilized by the surrounding community

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Maybe they do not know how to process it to make palm nira as brown sugar and syrup nipah as I've read in "wikipedia"

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Nipah tree (Nypa fruticans) grows marshes or watersheds, or commonly called mangrove forests. Nipah tree creeps on the ground by forming a rhizome that is submerged in water mixed with soil (mud) so that nipah like tidah has a tree because only the leaf midrib that appears on the swamp.

Utilization of Nipah

Nipah has many benefits starting from the leaves, fruit, and sap that is in the result of the bunch of flowers.

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Nipah leaf similar to the leaves of rumbia, traditional nipah leaves that are old can be used as a roof and can last about 3 to 5tahun while the young nipah leaves are yellow like coconut janur can be woven to be used as a wall of the house commonly called "kajang" The nipah leaf can also be woven to become a mat for the seat on the floor, tote bag, hat used by farmers to hold the sun and other wicker baskets
Young leaves called shoots can be made as cigarette lingg (packing of tobacco) after being dried commonly used by residents who live in sumatra

Nipah bark can be used as firewood which is good because it contains slucose that can be used for making pulp

Nira taken on bunches of ordinary flowers taken before the flower into bloom has a sweet taste is dujeringkan by way of cooking it will produce palm sugar (palm sugar) then the result of nipah sugar oxidation will also mengasikan vinegar

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Nipah fruit is still young can be eaten directly like kaling and has a sweet taste and delicious, while the old fruit stacked smooth to dijasikan flour as raw materials. To make a delicious pastry cake.
Utilization of nipah is not done in the environment where I live, hope I hope for tomorrow can be utilized by the people around.

Thank you