Sugar palm PRODUCT NAME
Arenga pinnata (Wurmb) Merr SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | sugar palm |
| Local Name: | Vietnam: Doat, Doat Bang, Buang Bang |
| Family: | Arecaceae (Palmae) |
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| Product Description: | Large tree up to 15 m high and and 30-50 cm in diameter. Leaves 6-12 m long, pinnate; pinna green above and white beneath. Flowers small in large spadix up to 2 m long. Fruits hanging in an infructescence, 2 cm in diameter, containing 3 seeds with transparent fleshy endosperm. A.pinnata is distributed in India, Myanmar, China, Indochina, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines. |
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