[Native name in Galibi.] A species of palm, Manicaria saccifera, var. Plukenetii, a native of Trinidad, and of the tidal swamps of the Amazon. Also attrib.
1858. Crüger, Outl. Flora Trinidad, 5. The timit (Manicaria) grows in light sandy soils, generally in company of a variety of trees of the myrtle tribe.
1871. Kingsley, At Last, xi. Rows of posts, probably of palm-stems thatched over … with the leaves of the Timit palm. Ibid., xii. Each Negro … carried a Timit-leaf, and hooked it on to his head when a gush of rain came down.
