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Taad Gola (Marathi: ताड गोळा)

Arecaceae (palm family) » Borassus flabellifer

 

bor-RAS-us -- from the Greek borassos, referring to the date palm's flower spike

fla-BEL-lif-er -- fan-bearing

 

commonly known as: African fan palm, borassus palm, doub palm, great fan palm, lontar palm, palmyra palm, ron palm, tala palm, tal-palm, toddy palm, wine palm • Bengali: তাল taala • Gujarati: તાડ taad • Hindi: ताड़ taada, ताल tala, त्रृणराज trinaraaj • Kannada: ಓಲೆಗರಿ olegari, ತಾಳೆಗರಿ taalegari, ತಾಟಿನಿಮ್ಗು taatinimgu • Konkani: इरोळ eroal • Malayalam: കരിമ്പന karimpana • Marathi: ताड taada • Sanskrit: महातः mahatah, तलः or तालः talah, तन्तुनिर्यासः tantuniyosah, तृणम्केतुः tranam-ketuh, तृणम्राजः tranam-raj, तृणम् इन्द्रः trnam-indrah• Tamil: பனை panai • Telugu: తాటి చెట్టు tatichettu • Urdu: تاڙ taad

 

Native to: tropical Asia

 

 

Taad Gola (Marathi: ताड गोळा) -- the fruit of borassus palm

 

 

References: Flowers of IndiaWikipediaNPGS / GRINM.M.P.N.D.DDSA

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