kitul

A noun referring to a fishtail palm native to India and the Malay Peninsula, whose sap is used to produce a brown sugar (jaggery) and whose trunk pith yields sago.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das eine Palme mit fischschwanzähnlichen Blättern bezeichnet, die in Indien und auf der Malaiischen Halbinsel wächst; ihr Saft wird zur Herstellung von braunem Zucker (Jaggery) genutzt, und das Mark des Stammes liefert Sago.

1. Fishtail palm C1 formal scientific

   A type of tropical palm tree (Caryota urens) native to South and Southeast Asia, cultivated for its sap which yields jaggery (a type of brown sugar) and whose trunk pith provides sago.

   • The kitul palm is commonly grown in parts of India and Sri Lanka for its sweet sap.
   • Jaggery made from kitul sap is a popular natural sweetener in traditional desserts.
   • Local communities extract sago from the pith of the kitul trunk.
   • Kitul inflorescences are tapped to collect the sap for processing.

   🇩🇪Fishtail-Palme

   Synonyme: fishtail palmtoddy palm

• kituls plural form
• kituls' possessive plural form
• kitul's possessive singular form