Kingdom: Plantae (2659)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)
Class: Liliopsida (392)
Order: Arecales (29)
Family: Arecaceae (29)(family description)
Genus: Salacca (1)
Epithet: zalacca (Gaertn.) Voss (1)
zalacca => from 'salak', the native name in Malaya for S. zalacca