kittul

• Sustantivo que designa una palmera de hojas en forma de cola de pez, originaria de India y la península malaya, cuyo jugo se usa para elaborar azúcar moreno (jaggery) y cuyo tronco produce sagú.

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

1. Fishtail palmC2formal

   A type of palm tree native to India and the Malay Peninsula, whose sap is used to produce brown sugar (jaggery) and whose trunk pith yields sago.

   Palma fishtail o cariota

   • The kittul palm is highly valued for its sweet sap.
   • Local farmers harvest jaggery from the kittul tree.
   • Sago extracted from the kittul trunk is used in traditional cooking.

   Sinónimosfishtail palmsago palmtoddy palm