Arenga pinnata (Wurmb) Merr.

Description:

Kampung Mara, Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Arenga pinnata (Wurmb) Merr. Arecaceae. CN: [Malay - Kabong, Enau], Malay sago palm, Sugar palm, Arenga palm, Areng palm, Black-fiber palm, Gomuti palm, Aren, Irok, Kaong. Native of Indian Subcontinent: India, Malesia (Idonesia, Malaysia [Malaya], Philippines). Elsewhere cultivated. It is a medium-sized palm, growing to 20 m tall, with the trunk remaining covered by the rough old leaf bases. The leaves are 6-12 m long and 1.5 m broad, pinnate, with the pinnae in 1-6 rows, 40-70 cm long and 5 cm broad. The fruit is subglobose, 7 cm diameter, green maturing black. The sap is harvested for commercial use in southeast Asia, yielding a sugar. Potential source of biofuel.Synonym(s):Arenga gamuto (Houtt.) Merr.Arenga griffithii Seem. ex H. Wendl.Arenga saccharifera Labill. ex DC.Borassus gomutus Lour.Caryota onusta BlancoGomutus rumphii CorraGomutus saccharifer (Labill. ex DC.) Spreng.Gomutus vulgaris OkenSaguerus gamuto Houtt.Saguerus pinnatus Wurmb (basionym)Saguerus rumphii (Corra) Roxb.Saguerus saccharifer (Labill. ex DC.) BlumeSagus gomutus (Lour.) Perr.Ref and suggested reading:www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-14681www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?3951en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arenga_pinnataid.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enau