The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 14, April 8, 2007, Article 27

DOES THE GREEN INK ON U.S. PAPER MONEY COME FROM PALM TREES?

One reader notes: "It's interesting the things you run across in 
otherwise unrelated news stories. The New York Times reports in a 
story about 'eco-friendly' palms for Palm Sunday, in the very last 
sentence, that apparently some people believe American's color 
"greenbacks" green with palm juices..."

"But then he revealed what the people here had long believed to be the 
real use of the exported palms. The juices in the stems and leaves are 
extracted, he explained in a conspiratorial whisper, and then turned 
into a special mixture that is used to stain greenbacks green. 

""This is how you color your dollars," he said, waving a palm."

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[So here we go - another great question for our readers: exactly where 
DOES the green ink for U.S. greenbacks come from? Is it really derived 
from palm oil? One Internet source does mention that "In the Amazon, 
the acai palm heart is widely consumed as a vegetable, the fruit is 
prepared into a popular fruit drink and used as a natural ink or dye..." 
Full Story -Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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