Tadgola/ ताडगोळा / Toddy Palm / Borrassus flabellifer L.

Other Names

  • Local Name: Tadgola / ताडगोळा
  • Common Name: Toddy Palm
  • Botanical Name: Borrassus flabellifer L.

Status & Habitat

  • Status: Common. Cultivable
  • Habitat: Tree
  • Occurrence: N/A
  • Season of Availability: Summer
  • Geography: South and Southeast Asia
  • Method of Propagation: Seed propagation
  • Part used for Propagation: Seeds

Edible Parts

  • Edible Parts: Fruits
  • Can be Eaten Raw: Yes

Method of Consumption

  • Raw: Yes
  • Ripe: Yes
  • Both Raw & Ripe: Yes
  • Dangerous Form to Consume: N/A
  • As Food: Fruits are eaten raw when ripe. Fruit pulp is drank like sharbat. Fresh sap is consumed on empty stomach. Sap is fermented into alcohol
  • As Medicine: Fruits applied to skin to heal boils and rashes; helps lower glucose levels when eaten; helps with digestive issues when eaten; helps with weight loss.
  • Cooking Without Prior Boiling: No
  • Boiling Before Cooking: No
  • Pickling: N/A
  • Brining: N/A
  • Fermenting: Yes, Sap
  • Drying for later Consumption: No
  • Overall Method: Eaten raw, made into a smoothie or juice, served in kheer (but overall eaten raw and ripe).

Nutritional & Medicinal Benefits

  • Nutritional Benefit: Hydrating; rich in vitamin A, B and C.
  • Medicinal Benefit: Anti-inflammatory, treats phlegm, excessive bleeding, burning sensations, fever, is a cooling agent, relieves constipation

Tribal Wisdom

  • Tribal Wisdom: Fruits applied to skin to heal boils and rashes; helps lower glucose levels when eaten; helps with digestive issues when eaten; helps with weight loss.

Recipes / Usage

  • Tribal Recipe / Usage: Peel and mash fruit, and mix with sugar, water, and lemon. Strain and drink as a sharbat.

Tadgola/ ताडगोळा / Toddy Palm / Borrassus flabellifer L.