MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE

Sorting Salacca names

Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :

 

Salacca affinis Griff.

ENGLISH : Edible-fruited salak palm , Palm heart (vegetable).

FRENCH : Coeur de palmier (vegetable).

MALAY : Salak.

 

It should be noted that harvesting the palm heart of clustering species is a non-destructive practice (sustainable), unlike harvesting those of solitary species or all the terminal buds of any palm, all of which kill the plant.

Salacca affinis Griff. var. borneensis (Becc.) J. P. Mogea

SYNONYM(S) : Salacca borneensis Becc.

FRENCH : Salacca de Borneo, Coeur de palmier (vegetable).

MALAY : Ridan (Iban - Sarawak).

Salacca conferta Griff.

SYNONYM(S) : Eleiodoxa conferta (Griff.) Burret

ENGLISH : Edible-fruited salak palm, Palm heart (vegetable).

FRENCH : Salacca de Borneo, Salacca de Sarawak , Coeur de palmier (vegetable).

MALAY : Kelubi (as E. conferta), Asam paya (as E. conferta).

THAI : , (as E. conferta), (as E. conferta), Lum pee (as E. conferta).

Salacca dolicholepis Burret

Awaiting feedback.

Salacca dransfieldiana J. P. Mogea

Awaiting feedback.

Salacca flabellata Furtado

GERMAN : Salak-Fächerpalme.

Salacca glabrescens Griff.

ENGLISH : Edible-fruited salak palm.

MALAY : Salak.

RUSSIAN : Awaiting feedback.

Salacca graciliflora J. P. Mogea

Awaiting feedback.

Salacca lophospatha J. Dransfield & J. P. Mogea

Awaiting feedback.

Salacca magnifica J. P. Mogea

Awaiting feedback.

Salacca minuta J. P. Mogea

Awaiting feedback.

Salacca multiflora J. P. Mogea

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Salacca ramosiana J. P. Mogea

Awaiting feedback.

Salacca rupicola J. Dransfield

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Salacca rumphii Wall. ex Blume

ENGLISH : Rakum palm.

THAI : Sala, Rakum (ragum, ragahm).

Salacca sarawakensis J. P. Mogea

Awaiting feedback.

Salacca secunda Griff.

FRENCH : Salacca de Chine.

THAI : .

Salacca siamensis Mogea

FRENCH : Salacca de Siam.

THAI : .

Salacca stolonifera D. H. Hodel

Awaiting feedback.

Salacca vermicularis Becc.

ENGLISH : Edible-fruited salak palm , Kalimantan palm heart (vegetable), Palm heart (vegetable).

FRENCH : Salacca de Borneo, Coeur de palmier (vegetable).

MALAY : Kepela, Kepla (Borneo), Lamayung (Iban - Sarawak), Lemaiong (Brunei).

 

It should be noted that harvesting the palm heart of clustering species is a non-destructive practice (sustainable), unlike harvesting those of solitary species or all the terminal buds of any palm, all of which kill the plant.

Salacca wallichiana Mart.

DANISH : Salak, Slangeskindsfrugt.

ENGLISH : Edible-fruited salak palm, Edible-fruited rakum palm, Rakum palm.

FRENCH : Rakam.

MALAY : Rekam.

THAI : Sala, Rakam (ragahm).

Salacca zalacca (Gaertn.) Voss

SYNONYM(S) : Calamus zalacca Gaertn., Salacca edulis Reinw., Salacca zalacca (J. Gaertn.) Voss ex Vilmorin, Salakka edulis Reinw. ex Blume

CHINESE : Ke shi sa la ka zong , She pi guo.

DANISH : Salak, Slangeskindsfrugt.

ENGLISH : Edible salacca, Edible-fruited salak palm, Salak palm, Snake fruit, Snake palm, Snake-skinned fruit.

FRENCH : Fruit à peau de serpent, Fruit de palmier à peau de serpent, Salacca aux fruits à peau de serpent.

GERMAN : Salakpalme, Salak, Schlagenfrucht, Zalak.

JAPANESE : Sarakka yashi.

MALAY : Salak, Salak (Indonesia, Java, Sumatra), Salak batool.

PORTUGUESE : Fruta cobra (Brazil).

SPANISH : Salaca.

THAI : Sala, Rakam (ragum, ragahm, Rakum).

VIETNAMESE : xxx Awaiting feedback.

 

Salacca zalacca (Gaertn.) Voss var. amboinensis (Becc.) J. P. Mogea

ENGLISH : Bali salak palm.

MALAY : Salak bali.

Salacca zalacca (Gaertn.) Voss var. zalacca

ENGLISH : Salak palm.

MALAY : Salak jawa.

REFERENCES
General Bibliography

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REFERENCES
General & specific on-line

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REFERENCES
Complementary / Specific

 

Dransfield J. 2003, The Flora of Brunei Darussalam - Palmae. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, UK. < http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/herbarium/brunei/bclhome.htm >.

EURODICAUTOM, On-line Technical Dictionary in 12 languages provided by the European Commission. < http://europa.eu.int/eurodicautom/login.jsp >.

IPNI, 2003, Online Database, International Plant Name Index. < http://www.ipni.org/ >.

Johnson Dennis V. 1995, Tropical Palms. Historical Role of Palms in Human Culture. FAO Corporate Document Repository. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. < http://www.fao.org/documents/ >.

Mabberley D.J. 1997, The Plant-Book : a Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants, 2d Edition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.

USDA, ARS, 2002, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl?salacca (05 February 2003).

Wang Zongxun et al. 1996, A New Latin, Chinese, English Botanical Nomenclature. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany. Aviation Industry Publisher, Beijing.

Wiersema J. H. & León B. 1999, World Economic Plants : a Standard Reference. CRC Press LLC.

 

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