RECENTLY INTRODUCED PALMS 2438 
ZALACCA CLEMENSIANA Becce. 
Local name: Lakaubi (Bagobo). 
This palm does not have a trunk, but forms large, dense 
clumps with about 7 to 13 shoots in a cluster. The species is 
apparently ornamental, but no economic uses are recorded for it. 
RECENTLY INTRODUCED PALMS 
A number of exotic palms have been introduced into the Phil- 
ippines since the year 1905, but have not become sufficiently es- 
tablished to warrant their inclusion in a work of this kind or in 
any general work on the Philippine flora, as few of them have 
matured as yet; and it is impossible to determine at the present 
time those that may persist and those that may die out. Among 
these recent introductions are the following: Acoelorrhaphe 
wightii Wendl., Archontophoenix alexandreae H. Wendl. & Drude, 
Attalea cohune Mart., Caryota urens L., Chrysalidocarpus lutes- 
cens Wendl., Coccothrinax garberi Sarg., Cyrtostachys lakka 
Bece., Dictyosperma alba Wendl. & Drude, Dypsis madagasca- 
riensis Nichols, Howea belmoreana Becc., Hyophorbe amari- 
caulis Mart., H. verschaffelttt Wendl., Latania commersonii Gmel., 
L. loddigesti Mart., Livistona australis Mart., L. chinensis R. Br., 
Martinezia caryotaefolia HBK., Oncosperma tigillaria Ridl., 
Oreodoxa ochracea HBK., Phoenix canariensis Gaertn., P. pu- 
silla Gaertn., P. roebelenti O’Brien, P. rupicola T. Anders., Pi- 
nanga kuhlii Bl. Pritchardia gaudichaudii Wendl., P. pacifica 
Seem. & H. Wendl., Ptychosperma macarthurii H. Wendl., Ra- 
phia ruffia Mart., Sabal adansoniit Guerns., S. blackburneanum 
Glazebrook, S. mauritiforme Griseb. & Wendl., S. palmetto Lodd., 
Thrinax argentea Lodd., T. parviflora Sev., T. robusta H. Wendl., 
and Neowashingtonia filifera (Wendl.) Sudw. 
USES OF PALM PRODUCTS 
The products of the Philippine palms and their uses have 
been discussed under the headings of the various species. For 
convenience in reference, the different products are summarized 
in the following section. Numerous minor, local uses are not 
included. 
Alcohol. A number of Philippine palms are tapped for their 
sweet sap from which alcoho] and alcoholic drinks are manu- 
factured. The most important of these are Nipa, which fur- 
nishes more than 85 per cent of the alcohol manufactured in the 
Philippines, and the coconut. Alcohol is also obtained from 
Arenga pinnata (sugar palm) and Corypha elata (buri). Fer- 
mented sap (tuba) is a very popular drink obtained from Nipa 
