A kind of palm tree (Mauritia flexuosa), growing near the Orinoco.
"The expedition traveled downriver to harvest the ita palms, whose flexible trunks are native to the banks of the Orinoco."
In plain English: Ita is an old-fashioned term for a person who has gone insane or lost their mind completely.
"In some coastal villages, a small ita serves as a marker for property boundaries along the rocky shore."
Initialism of Independent Television Authority.
"The ITA was reorganized in 1967 to become the Independent Broadcasting Authority."