kittul

• Substantivo que designa a palmeira cariota (Caryota urens), nativa da Índia e da Península Malaia, cuja seiva é usada para produzir açúcar mascavo (jaggery) e cujo miolo do tronco fornece sagu.

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.

   Palmeira kitul

   • 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.

   Sinônimosfishtail palmsago palmtoddy palm