The toddy is made from this palm. Regards, Mani. On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 12:03 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote:
> Arecaceae (palm family) » *Borassus flabellifer* > *Synonym*: *Borassus flabelliformis* > > > *bor-RAS-us* -- from the Greek *borassos*, referring to the date palm's > flower spike > *fla-BEL-lif-er* -- fan-bearing, referring to the leaf > > > *commonly known as*: African fan palm, borassus palm, doub palm, great fan > palm, lontar palm, palmyra palm, ron palm, tala palm, tal-palm, toddy palm, > wine palm • Bengali: তাল taala • Gujarati: તાડ taad • Hindi: ताड़ taada, ताल > tala, त्रृणराज trinaraaj • Kannada: ಓಲೆಗರಿ olegari, ತಾಳೆಗರಿ taalegari, > ತಾಟಿನಿಮ್ಗು taatinimgu • Konkani: इरोळ eroal • Malayalam: കരിമ്പന karimpana • > Marathi: ताड taada • Sanskrit: महातः mahatah, तलः or तालः talah, > तन्तुनिर्यासः tantuniyosah, तृणम्केतुः tranam-ketuh, तृणम्राजः tranam-raj, > तृणम् इन्द्रः trnam-indrah• Tamil: பனை panai • Telugu: తాటి చెట్టు > tatichettu • Urdu: تاڙ taad > > > *Native to*: tropical Asia > > > *Edible use*: > >> ... peeled seedlings as FRUIT ... are eaten fresh >> ... young plants are cooked as a VEGETABLE or roasted and pounded to make >> meal >> > ... When the crown of the tree is removed, the segment from which the >> leaves grow out is an edible cake. >> > Quoted from Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borassus_flabellifer> >> > > > *some facts*: > >> ... can live 100 years or more (yet fruit) ... >> Wikipedia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borassus_flabellifer> > > > > *Symbolic status*: > >> State Tree of Tamil Nadu, India >> >
