Metroxylon sagu(MTRSA)
Overview Code created in: 2002-03-01
- EPPO Code: MTRSA
- Preferred name: Metroxylon sagu
- Authority: Rottbøll
New Guinea. This palm is a source of sago, extracted from the stems. A similar process is used to extract sago from Cycas revoluta (q.v.), which is a cycad and not a palm. The two cases are often confused. Introduced in Indochina (Thailand), Malesia, Solomon Islands
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Metroxylon rumphii | (Willdenow) von Martius |
| Sagus laevis | Jack |
| Sagus rumphii | Willdenow |
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| rumbia | English |
| sago palm | English |
| Sagopalme | German |
| palmier à sagou | French |
| sagoutier | French |
| palma sagu | Spanish |
| palma a sagu | Italian |
| palma da sago | Italian |
| sagopalm | Dutch |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Commelinids (
1COMD )
Order
Arecales (
1AREO )
Family
Arecaceae (
1PALF )
Subfamily
Calamoideae (
1CALS )
Genus
Metroxylon (
1MTRG )
Species
Metroxylon sagu (
MTRSA )