Sago palm (Metroxylon sagu, Arecaceae) production in the eastern archipelago of Indonesia: Variation in morphological characteristics and pith dry-matter yield

Economic Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 197-206

  Ehara, Hiroshi ^a   Susanto, Slamet ^b   Mizota, Chitoshi ^c   Hirose, Shohei ^d   Matsuno, Tadashi ^e  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^c IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Indonesia; Local variety; Morphology; Pith; Plant type; Sago palm

Indexed keywords

ARECACEAE; METROXYLON SAGU;

EID: 0033933599     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02907823     Document Type: Article

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