Borassus flabellifer L.

കരിമ്പന

Family
:
Arecaceae
Synonym
:
Borassus sundaicus Becc.
Common Names
:
Toddy Palm, Sugar Palm
Flowering Period
:
March – September
Distribution
:
Native of Africa; introduced and cultivated in Indo-Malesia
Habitat
:
In dry areas and along bunds in paddy fields
Habit
:
Tree
Uses
:

Toddy production, fodder. The young plant is said to relieve biliousness, dysentery and gonorrhea, young roots are anthelmintic and diuretic. A decoction is given in certain respiratory diseases. Dried roots can also be smoked to heal nasal complaints.

നാസികാ സംബന്ധിയായ രോഗങ്ങൾക്ക് പരിഹാരമായി ഇതിന്റെ ഉണങ്ങിയ വേരുകൾ പുകച്ച് ഉപയോഗിക്കാറുണ്ട്. കള്ളുല്പാദനത്തിൽ മുഖ്യ പങ്കു വഹിക്കുന്നവയാണ് കരിമ്പനകൾ.
Key Characters
:

Borassus flabellifer are trees with stem obscurely hoped and Leaves simple, palmate; leaflets, split. Spadices interfoliar, large, dioecious. Male flowers are small, clustered; Sepals are oblong. Petals are obovate. Stamens 6. Female flowers are large, globose. Perianth fleshy. Sepals imbricate. Petals are smaller, convolute. Ovary globose. Ovules basal. Stigmas 3, sessile, recurved. Fruit is a Drupe, yellow black when ripe.