Sago palm
Sago palm is a common name for several plants which are used to produce a starchy food known as sago. Sago palms may be "true palms" in the family Arecaceae, or cycads with a palm-like appearance. Sago produced from cycads must be detoxified before consumption. Plants called sago palm include:
- Metroxylon, a genus in the palm family native to Southeast Asia
- Cycads
- * Cycas revoluta,, native to Japan and widely cultivated as an ornamental plant
- * Cycas rumphii,, native to southeast Asia
- * Cycas circinalis,, native to India