Meaning : Fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula. Sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago.
Synonyms : caryota urens, jaggery palm, kittul, kitul, kitul tree, wine palm
Meaning : 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.
Synonyms : borassus flabellifer, longar palm, lontar, palmyra, palmyra palm, wine palm