Borassus flabelliformis
Uses
India (Madras Presidency): fruits, leaf-buds (or ‘cabbage’) and fusiform roots eaten; (Bombay Presidency): roots eaten; (Rajasthan): fusiform roots, fruits and leaf buds eaten. A cooling drink, Neera, is made from the fresh sap of the plant.
Additional Information
- Name Authority:
- L.
- Vernaculars:
- Bombay Presidency: Tad, Tad -mar. Tamil: Pannei. Telugu: Karatalamu, Tatichettu; (root): Tati telangu. English: Palmyra Palm
- Misc:
- obo.genaud.net/backmatter/appendixes/garden_of_edan/flora/borassus.flabelliformis.htm