Plant Details

Accepted name:: Metroxylon sagu Rottb. [Arecaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ambulung	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bulu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bulung	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
drum shing	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
gram shing	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
kersula	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kirai	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kiral	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kresula	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mulong	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mulong rumbia	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pokok sagu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rajang bunkoan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rambia	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
raw sago	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rembi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rembia	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rembulung	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
resula	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rontan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rumbia	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sago palm	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sagu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shā gū	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shā mù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shā mù miàn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tembulu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
xī gǔ yē zǐ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
གྲུམ་ཤིང་།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
莎孤	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
莎木	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
莎木面	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
西谷椰子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
starch		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 27 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Metroxylon laeve (Giseke) Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 215 (1838).
Metroxylon longispinum (Giseke) Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 216 (1838).
Metroxylon micracanthum Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 216 (1838).
Metroxylon rumphii (Willd.) Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 214 (1838).
Metroxylon sylvestre (Giseke) Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3(ed. 2): 215 (1845).
Sagus genuina Giseke Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl.: 94 (1792).
Sagus laevis Jack App. Descr. Malay. Pl.: 9 (1821).
Sagus longispina (Giseke) Blume Rumphia 2: 154 (1843).
Metroxylon hermaphroditum Hassk. Tijdschr. Natuurl. Gesch. Physiol. 9: 175 (1842).
Metroxylon inerme (Roxb.) Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3(ed. 2): 215 (1845).
Metroxylon oxybracteatum Warb. ex K.Schum. & Lauterb. Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee: 202 (1900).
Metroxylon sago K.D.Koenig Ann. Bot. (König & Sims) 1: 193 (1804), orth. var.
Metroxylon sagu f. longispinum (Giseke) Rauwerd. Principes 30: 175 (1986).
Metroxylon sagu f. micracanthum (Mart.) Rauwerd. Principes 30: 175 (1986).
Metroxylon sagu f. tuberatum Rauwerd. Principes 30: 175 (1986).
Metroxylon squarrosum Becc. Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 12(2): 182 (1918).
Sagus americana Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 6: 395 (1805).
Sagus genuina laevis Giseke Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl.: 94 (1792).
Sagus genuina longispina Giseke Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl.: 94 (1792).
Sagus genuina sylvestris Giseke Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl.: 94 (1792).
Sagus inermis Roxb. Hort. Bengal.: 68 (1814).
Sagus koenigii Griff. Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 5: 19 (1845).
Sagus micracantha (Mart.) Blume Rumphia 2: 153 (1843).
Sagus rumphii Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 404 (1805).
Sagus sagu (Rottb.) H.Karst. Ill. Repert. Pharm.-Med. Bot.: 412 (1886).
Sagus spinosa Roxb. Hort. Bengal.: 68 (1814).
Sagus sylvestris (Giseke) Blume Rumphia 2: 153 (1843).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Metroxylon laeve Martius	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Metroxylon longispinum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Metroxylon micracanthum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Metroxylon rumpfii (Willd.) Mart.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Metroxylon rumphii	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Metroxylon rumphii Mart.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Metroxylon sagu	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Metroxylon sagu Rottb.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Metroxylon sagus	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Metroxylon sagus Rottb.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Metroxylon sylvestre	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Sagus genuina	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Sagus leavis	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Sagus longispina	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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