Sago palms with characteristic terminal inflorescence/infructescence (West Seram, Maluku, Indonesia)
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Monocots
Clade:
Commelinids
Order:
Arecales
Family:
Arecaceae
Genus:
Metroxylon
Species:
M. sagu
Binomial name
Metroxylon sagu
Rottb.[2]
Synonyms[2]
Metroxylon hermaphroditumHassk.
Metroxylon inerme(Roxb.) Mart.
Metroxylon laeve(Giseke) Mart.
Metroxylon longispinum(Giseke) Mart.
Metroxylon micracanthumMart.
Metroxylon oxybracteatumWarb. ex K.Schum. & Lauterb.
Metroxylon rumphii(Willd.) Mart.
Metroxylon squarrosumBecc.
Metroxylon sylvestre(Giseke) Mart.
Sagus americanaPoir.
Sagus genuinaGiseke
Sagus inermisRoxb.
Sagus koenigiiGriff.
Sagus laevisJack
Sagus longispina(Giseke) Blume
Sagus micracantha(Mart.) Blume
Sagus rumphiiWilld.
Sagus sagu(Rottb.) H.Karst.
Sagus spinosaRoxb.
Sagus sylvestris(Giseke) Blume
Metroxylon sagu, the true sago palm, is a species of palm in the genus Metroxylon, native to tropical southeastern Asia. The tree is a major source of sago starch.
^Rahman, W.; IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group & Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) (2021). "Metroxylon sagu". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T155290240A155290242. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
^ ab"Metroxylon sagu". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
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of Metroxylonsagu. It is a major staple food for the lowland peoples of New Guinea and the Maluku Islands, where it is called saksak, rabia and sagu. The...
(Cocos nucifera), Areca catechu, species of the genus Phoenix, and Metroxylonsagu. Two species are invasive pests outside their native ranges, Rhynchophorus...
and seas. The Asmat mainly subsist on starch from the sago palm (Metroxylonsagu), supplemented by grubs of the sago beetle (Rhynchophorus bilineatus)...
Pittosporum, Grevillea, Spathodea campanulata (African tulip-tree), and Metroxylonsagu (sago palm). In Melanesia coconuts are very important food sources...
areca palm (Areca catechu), Linospadix spp., Arenga spp., sago palms (Metroxylonsagu), and buri palms (Corypha spp.), among others. In Central and South...
especially coconut, sugar palm (Arenga pinnata) and sago palm (Metroxylon rumphii or Metroxylonsagu). Janur is used as a tool by tribes in Indonesia as part...
example, a starch made from the pith of the trunk of the sago palm Metroxylonsagu, is a major staple food for lowland peoples of New Guinea and the Moluccas...
bipunctata are known minor pests of coconuts (Cocos nucifera) and sago (Metroxylonsagu) as well. Tessaratomidae was first described as a family group by the...
and swamp woodlands and forests dominated by Melaleuca, sago palm (Metroxylonsagu), Pandanus, Campnosperma, and/or Terminalia. The ecoregion corresponds...
making Palagsing in Banza is attributed to the abundance of Lumbiya (Metroxylonsagu Rottb.) where Unaw or lumbiya starch is harvested from the palm tree...
a major pest in palm plantations, mainly in Cocos nucifera, Metroxylonsagu and Metroxylon solomonense. In fact the adults lay eggs in wounds in the stems...
rotundifolia) Raised bog Herbal medicine for cough diseases Sago (Metroxylonsagu) Cultivated semi-wild in Malaysia, Maluku Islands, New Guinea, Riau...
and Futuna. Metroxylon vitiense, like many species of Metroxylon, has previously been classified under the genera Coelococcus and Sagus. M. vitiense...
Golden leather fern Growing among Metroxylonsagu in Indonesia Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae...
Polynesian arrowroot are transferred from the names of the sago palms (Metroxylonsagu), giant swamp taros (Cyrtosperma merkusii), and fermented breadfruit...
(Melaleuca-dominated or mixed), swamp woodlands (dominated by sago palm (Metroxylonsagu), Pandanus, or mixed), and swamp forests dominated by Campnosperma...
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