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Malaysia is the world's largest producer of Palm Oil, a very versatile and valuble agricultural crop. More than 16 million tonnes are produced here. This is typical of what the crop looks like from a major roadway. This is on the highway between Johor Baru and Mersing.
The palm fruit is the source of both palm oil (extracted from palm fruit) and palm kernel oil (extracted from the fruit seeds). Palm oil itself is reddish because it contains a high amount of beta-carotene. It is used as cooking oil, to make margarine and is a component of many processed foods. Boiling it for a few minutes destroys the carotenoids and the oil becomes colourless. Palm oil is one of the few vegetable oils relatively high in saturated fats (such as coconut oil) and thus semi-solid at room temperature.

It is also an important component of many soaps, washing powders and personal care products, and has controversially found a new use as a feedstock for biofuel. Note from Wikipedia.

The word AWAS on the back of the truck means Take Care in Bahasa language.