The timber is used for rafters; leaf-base fibre is used as brushes, etc 1,20,000litres of toddy is produced by a single tree in its lifetime; ripe fruits are eaten roasted.
There are as many as *801 *uses are recorded for this Palmyra palm in an old Tamil song, as quoted by D.J.Mabberley. I would be happier if anyone of you here knew that Tamil literature. On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 5:08 PM, mani nair <mani.na...@gmail.com> wrote: > The toddy is made from this palm. > Regards, > Mani. > > On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 12:03 AM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>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 >>> >> > -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 09626833911 www.careearthtrust.org
