SCIENTIFIC NAME :
Caryota Urens
MEDICINAL VALUE :
In ayurveda, plant provides remedy for vitiated pitta, hyperdipsia, arthritis, burning sensation, migraine and general weakness.
CULINERY AND OTHER VALUES :
Source of kithul treacle, a liquid jaggery.The sap is fermented to produce toddy, which when distilled, produces the spirit termed ‘arrack’.
GLOSSARY :
- English : Bayani
- Tamil : Koondal Panai
- Malayalam : Chunda Pana
- Telugu : Jilugu
- Kannada : Bayani
- Konkani : Eind
- Tulu : Eend
