 Neera is widely consumed in India, Sri Lanka, Africa, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Myanmar.Neera is not the juice made from palm fruit.Neera requires neither mechanical crushing, as in the case of sugarcane, nor leaching, like beet-root; it is obtained by slicing the spathes of the coconut, sago, and Palmyra ("Borassus flabellifer L.") palm, and scraping the tendermost part, just below the crown...

Neera is rich in carbohydrates, highly alcoholic mostly sucrose, and has a nearly neutral pH.