Metroxylon Sagu

Scientific Name: Metroxylon sagu

Common Name: sago palm

Symbol: MESA7

Category: Monocot

Genus: Metroxylon

Family: Arecaceae

Family Common Name: Palm family

Order: Arecales

Class: Liliopsida

Subkingdom: Tracheobionta

Kingdom: Plantae

Edible: unknown

Sago palm

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Scientific Name: Metroxylon sagu

Common Name(s): Sago palm

Edible: yes

Medicinal: no

Parts Used: stem, fruit

Logos 13 Aug, 2008	Description: These palms are low trees, rarely over 9 meters tall, with a stout, spiny trunk. The outer rind is about 5 centimeters thick and hard as bamboo. The rind encloses a spongy inner pith containing a high proportion of starch. It has typical palmlike leaves clustered at the tip.
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Logos 13 Aug, 2008	Habitat and Distribution: Sago palm is found in tropical rain forests. It flourishes in damp lowlands in the Malay Peninsula, New Guinea, Indonesia, the Philippines, and adjacent islands. It is found mainly in swamps and along streams, lakes, and rivers.
Current Rating: 0.0000

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13 Aug, 2008

Edible Parts: These palms, when available, are of great use to the survivor. One trunk, cut just before it flowers, will yield enough sago to feed a person for 1 year. Obtain sago starch from nonflowering palms. To extract the edible sage, cut away the bark lengthwise from one half of the trunk, and pound the soft, whitish inner part (pith) as fine as possible. Knead the pith in water and strain it through a coarse cloth into a container. The fine, white sago will settle in the container. Once the sago settles, it is ready for use. Squeeze off the excess water and let it dry. Cook it as pancakes or oatmeal. Two kilograms of sago is the nutritional equivalent of 1.5 kilograms of rice. The upper part of the trunk's core does not yield sage, but you can roast it in lumps over a fire. You can also eat the young sago nuts and the growing shoots or palm cabbage.

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Logos 13 Aug, 2008	Other Uses: Use the stems of tall sorghums as thatching materials.
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