A History of Agriculture in India v2.c69.s1.40

v2.c69.s1.40

The Toddy Palm. The (Sans.) *tāṛ* (*Borassus flabellifer*), the palmyra-palm, is another. Its branches (i.e. leaves) also are quite at its top. Just as with the date-palm, people hang a pot on it, take its juice and drink it. They call this liquor *tāṛī*, it is said to be more exhilarating than date liquor. For about a yard (0.9 m) along its branches (i.e. leaf-stems) there are no leaves; above this, at the tip of the branch (stem), 30 or 40 open out like the spread palm of the hand, all from one place. These leaves approach a yard in length. People often write Hindi characters on them after the fashion of account rolls.