The two parts are connected by strips of torn Palmyra palm leaves. The priest built his house out of Palmyra palm trunks. The lagoon is surrounded by palmyra palm plantations and scrubland. Odiyal is a hard, edible snack made from palmyra palm tubers (Palmyra sprouts). Other species used include the coconut palm, sugar palm, and palmyra palm. The most common tree is the palmyra palm, a raw material in cottage industries. The Palmyra palm ("Borassus" spp.) is grown in Africa, Asia, and New Guinea. The Palmyra palm (Borassua flabellifer), locally known as tar, grows extensively in the south-west.