The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

*qubuj heart of palm, palm-cabbage

PMP qubuj heart of palm, palm cabbage

WMP
Itbayaten ovod banana rhizome, tender heart of a tree, palm fruit, etc.
Isneg úbud young shoot of the fishtail palm, etc.
Casiguran Dumagat ubúd upper stalk (of the soft pulp in the upper part of several species of palms, which is edible)
Ilokano úbog unspread leaf of a palm; pith, heart of coconut palm
Tagalog úbod shoot of plants, palms, etc., as in shoot of coconut tree; core, the very center; the innermost or utter depths
Hanunóo ʔúbud palm cabbage, the edible terminal bulb of most palms
Kalamian Tagbanwa kubud tender, edible shoot of coconut tree; inner core of banana trunk
Aklanon úbod the inner white part of the trunk of banana, nipa or coconut palms; core, pith
Cebuano úbud the tender heart of the trunk of palms, bananas, bamboos, rattans; bamboo shoots
Maranao obod shoot, bud
Manobo (Western Bukidnon) uvud the edible heart or bud of a palm tree or banana plant
Tausug ubud leaf-bud or heart of palm trees, used as a vegetable
Kenyah ubut heart of a plant, tender part of a plant
Kelabit ubud soft edible pith of plants, esp. sago; palm cabbage
Iban umbut palm cabbage
Malay umbut edible pith, e.g. of the sago palm; palm-cabbage
Tontemboan uwur heart of the areca palm (in sacred language)
Banjarese humbut edible pith; palm cabbage
Kayan uvun the heart or cabbage of a palm head
Bare'e uwu heart of palm, palm cabbage
Bikol ubód the soft core of palm plants; pith
Malagasy óvotra an herb
CMP
Fordata uvur heart of palm

POC upur heart leaves

OC
Fijian uvu the young leaf of the banana, in which the flower is enclosed; also of the coconut