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Taxon:
Metroxylon sagu
Rottb.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Metroxylon
Family:
Arecaceae
(alt. Palmae)
Subfamily:
Calamoideae
Tribe:
Calameae
Subtribe:
Metroxylinae
Nomen number:
103025
Place of publication:
Nye Saml. Danske Vid. Selsk. Skr. 2:527. 1783
Verified:
11/06/1985
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Metroxylon rumphii
(Willd.) Mart.
Sagus inermis
Roxb.
Sagus spinosus
Roxb.
No images
Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr.
1963-1968. Flora of Java.
Elevitch, C. R., ed.
The traditional tree initiative: species profiles for Pacific Island agroforestry (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.agroforestry.net/tti/Metroxylon-sagopalm.pdf
Note:
Permanent Agriculture Resources (PAR), Holualoa, Hawai'i
http://www.traditionaltree.org/
Encke, F. et al.
1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
Flach, M. & F. Rumawas, eds.
1996. Plants yielding non-seed carbohydrates. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 9:121-126.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Flach, M.
1997. Sago palm.
Metroxylon sagu
Rottb. Promoting the conservation and use of underutilized and neglected crops. 13:1-76.
URL:
http://www.ipgri.cgiar.org/publications/pubseries.asp?ID_SERIE=37
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Metroxylon+sagu&quantity=1
Hackett, C. & J. Carolane.
1982. Edible Horticultural Crops Academic Press.
Hanelt, P., ed.
2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
URL:
http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
Kjaer, A. et al.
2004. Investigation of genetic and morphological variation in the sago palm (
Metroxylon sagu
; Arecaceae) in Papua New Guinea. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 94:109-117.
URL:
http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/by/year
Kunkel, G.
1984. Plants for human consumption
Merrill, E. D.
1922-1926. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants.
Moore, H. E., Jr.
1963. An annotated checklist of cultivated palms. Principes 7:152, 178.
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rauwerdink, J. B.
1986. An essay on
Metroxylon
, the sago palm. Principes 30:171.
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds.
1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:327.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Uhl, N. W. & J. Dransfield.
1987. Genera palmarum: a classification of palms based on the work of Harold E. Moore, Jr. 245.
Westphal, E. & P. C. M. Jansen, eds.
1989. A selection. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) A:180.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Whitmore, T. C.
1973. Palms of Malaya. 77-78.
Note:
Oxford University Press
World Agroforestry Centre, ICRAF-SEA.
AgroForestry Tree database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/sea/Products/AFDbases/af/index.asp
Common names
English
sago palm –
Reference(s)
French
sagoutier –
Reference(s)
German
Sagopalme –
Reference(s)
Portuguese
palmeira –
Reference(s)
Spanish
palma sagú –
Reference(s)
Swedish
sagopalm –
Reference(s)
taggig sagopalm –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Thailand
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Malaysia
introd.?
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Philippines
introd.?
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Papuasia
Papua New Guinea
1
Native
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Fiji
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Samoa
Native
Asia-Tropical
PAPUASIA:
Papua New Guinea
INDO-CHINA:
Thailand
MALESIA:
Indonesia
,
Malaysia
(introd.?),
Philippines
(introd.?)
Pacific
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
Pacific
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Samoa
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Human food
starch
fide Pl Res SEAs A selection:181. 1989
Westphal, E. & P. C. M. Jansen, eds.
1989. A selection. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) A:180.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Human food
vegetable
fide Pl Res SEAs A selection:181. 1989
Westphal, E. & P. C. M. Jansen, eds.
1989. A selection. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) A:180.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Materials
alcohol
source of carbohydrates for industrial applications fide Pl Res SEAs A selection:181. 1989
Westphal, E. & P. C. M. Jansen, eds.
1989. A selection. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) A:180.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Materials
fiber
source of carbohydrates for industrial applications fide Pl Res SEAs A selection:181. 1989
Westphal, E. & P. C. M. Jansen, eds.
1989. A selection. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) A:180.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Name
References