Caryota Urens
This fine palm is a native of Ceylon, and is also
found in other parts of India, where it supplies the native
population with various important articles. Large quantities of
toddy, or palm-wine, are prepared from the juice, which, when
boiled, yields very good
palm sugar or jaggery, and also excellent
sugar candy. Sago is also prepared from the central or pithy part
of the trunk, and forms a large portion of the food of the
natives. The fiber from the leaf stalk is of great strength; it is
known as Kittool fiber, and is used for making ropes, brushes,
brooms, etc. A woolly kind of scurf, scraped off the leaf stalks,
is used for calking boats, and the stem furnishes a small quantity
of wood.
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