What is "jaggery palm"

Jaggery palm \Jag"ger*y palm\ An East Indian palm ( Caryota urens) having leaves pinnate with wedge-shaped divisions, the petiole very stout. It is the principal source of jaggery, and is often cultivated for ornament.

n. fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago [syn: wine palm, kitul, kittul, kitul tree, toddy alm, Caryota urens]