Sugar palm (Arenga pinnata): Its fibres, polymers and composites.

• Main Authors: Leman, Zulkiflle, Salit, Mohd Sapuan, Ishak, Mohamad Ridzwan, Abdul Rahman, Mohd Rosdzimin, Uyup, Mohd Khairun Anwar, Siregar, Januar Parlaungan
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28446/1/Sugar%20palm.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28446/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Sugar palm (Arenga pinnata) is a multipurpose palm species from which a variety of foods and beverages, timber commodities, biofibres, biopolymers and biocomposites can be produced. Recently, it is being used as a source of renewable energy in the form of bio-ethanol via fermentation process of the...