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wine palm
jaggery palm
kitul
kittul
kitul tree
toddy palm
Caryota urens
Definition: fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago
palmyra
palmyra palm
toddy palm
wine palm
lontar
longar palm
Borassus flabellifer
Definition: tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; leaves used for thatching and weaving
Definition: Any of several palms that have a sugary sap that can be fermented to produce palm wine; especially the fishtail palm (Caryota urens) and the palmyra palm (Borassus flabellifer).