Caryota urens, Aanapana, Olatti, Choondappana, Elephant's palm, Toddy palm, ആനപ്പന, ഓലട്ടി, ചൂണ്ടപ്പന

Family: Arecaceae
Vernacular names: Aanapana, Olatti, Choondappana, ആനപ്പന, ഓലട്ടി, ചൂണ്ടപ്പന (Malayalam), Elephant's palm, Toddy palm (English), Madhutala (Sanskrit), Mari (Hindi), Koonthalpanai (Tamil)
Distribution: Indo-Malesia
Description: Monoecious tall palms. Leaves bipinnate, leaflets broadly cuneate, fan-shaped. Spadix interfoliar, shortly peduncled, much branched; spathes few. Flowers greenish-yellow, many, in triads with female flower in the middle. Fruit globose, reddish-purple; seeds plano-convex, sub-reniform.
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Evergreen forests, also in the plains
Flowering & Fruiting: January-April

Parts used: Tender bud, leaves and nut
Properties & Uses: Cooling and laxative. Fruit pulp is used in hyperdipsia and fatigue. Nuts and seed kernels are used against hemicrania.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani,
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