CARYOTA, a genus of plants of the order of Palmæ, of which two species are described—C. urens, a native of India, and C. horrida, of South America. The C. urens is described by Dr Roxburgh as a very valuable tree. The yellow berry, which is about the size of our plum, is intensely acrid if applied to the skin; but the stem, during the hot season, yields Toddy, the material from which palm wine is made; and the pith affords an excellent sago, much used by the Indians.