Arecaceae
Sugar palm
Arenga pinnata
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Arenga
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Common names
By language (9)
- Arabic
- سُكَّرٌ نَخيلِيّ, نخيل السكر, نخلة السكر
- Armenian
- Փուփլե
- Chinese
- 桄榔, 桄榔子, 桄榔面, 砂糖椰, 砂糖椰子, 莎木, 西谷米
- Czech
- Cukrová palma, Gomut cukrodárný, Palma cukrová
- English
- Sugar palm, Areng palm, Black fiber palm, Black sugar palm, Gomuti palm
- Esperanto
- Sukerpalmo
- Malay
- Aren, Enau, Pokok belolok
- Polish
- Palma cukrowa
- Thai
- ชก
Synonyms
- Arenga gamuto Merr.
- Arenga griffithii Seem. ex H.Wendl.
- Arenga saccharifera Labill.
- Arenga saccharifera Labill. ex DC.
- Borassus gomutus Lour.
- Caryota onusta Blanco
- Gomutus rumphii Corrêa
- Gomutus saccharifer (Labill. ex DC.) Spreng.
- Gomutus vulgaris Oken
- Saguerus gamuto Houtt.
- Saguerus pinnatus Wurmb
- Saguerus rumphii (Corrêa) Roxb.
- Saguerus rumphii (Corrêa) Roxb. ex Ainslie
- Saguerus saccharifer (Labill. ex DC.) Blume
- Sagus gomutus (Lour.) Perr.
Characteristics
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
LeavesPhoto: Gijs Romijn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: W.A. Djatmiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fabian Brambach, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ansil B. R., CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nielbert Raner, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Agnes Trekker, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnes Trekker, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: seally, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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- Arenga westerhoutiiArecaceae
- Philippine dwarf sugar palmArenga tremulaArecaceae
- Arenga brevipesArecaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.