Editing Sap (section)

==Human uses==
[[Maple syrup]] is made from reduced [[sugar maple]] xylem sap.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Saupe|first1=Stephen|title=Plant Physiology|url=http://www.employees.csbsju.edu/ssaupe/biol327/Lab/maple/maple-sap.htm|website=College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University|access-date=3 April 2018}}</ref> The sap often is harvested from the sugar maple, ''Acer saccharum''.<ref name=morselli>{{cite book |last1=Morselli |first1=Mariafranca |last2=Whalen |first2=M Lynn |editor1-first=Melvin R |editor1-last=Koelling |editor2-last=Heiligmann |editor2-first=Randall B |title=North American Maple Syrup Producers Manual |chapter-url=http://ohioline.osu.edu/b856/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20060429074616/http://ohioline.osu.edu/b856/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 April 2006 |access-date=20 September 2010 |series= Bulletin |volume=856 |year=1996 |publisher=Ohio State University |chapter=Appendix 2: Maple Chemistry and Quality}}</ref>

In some countries (e.g., [[Lithuania]], [[Latvia]], [[Estonia]], [[Finland]], [[Belarus]], [[Russia]]) harvesting the early spring sap of [[birch]] trees (so called "[[birch sap|birch juice]]") for human consumption is common practice; the sap can be used fresh or [[fermentation (food)|fermented]] and contains [[xylitol]].<ref name="WetzelDuchesne2006">{{cite book|author1=Suzanne Wetzel|author2=Luc Clement Duchesne|author3=Michael F. Laporte|title=Bioproducts from Canada's Forests: New Partnerships in the Bioeconomy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sD3aL_U024EC&pg=PA113|access-date=6 April 2013|year=2006|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-4020-4992-7|pages=113–|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171123173351/https://books.google.com/books?id=sD3aL_U024EC&pg=PA113|archive-date=23 November 2017}}</ref>

Certain palm tree sap can be used to make [[palm syrup]].{{cn|date=January 2022}} In the [[Canary Islands]] they use the [[Canary Island date palm]] while in Chile they use the [[Chilean wine palm]] to make their syrup called ''miel de palma''.{{cn|date=January 2022}}