Real saga palm , or Saga palm ( Latin Metroxylon sagu ) - a species of palm trees of the genus Metroxylon , growing in tropical forests and on the coast of the islands of Southeast Asia in Indonesia , the Malay archipelago , Fiji and New Guinea , as well as the Moluccas islands and in malaysia . It is found in the Philippines , but was probably introduced there by humans. One of the most famous types of sago palm trees , which are valuable food plants, from the core of which are obtained starchy sago food product.
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| Grade: | Monocotyledonous [1] |
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Metroxylon sagu Rottb. , 1783 |
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list [2] - Metroxylon hermaphroditum Hassk.
- Metroxylon inerme ( Roxb. ) Mart.
- Metroxylon laeve ( Giseke ) Mart.
- Metroxylon longispinum (Giseke) Mart.
- Metroxylon micracanthum Mart.
- Metroxylon oxybracteatum Warb. ex K.Schum. & Lauterb.
- Metroxylon rumphii (Willd.) Mart.
- Metroxylon squarrosum Becc.
- Metroxylon sylvestre (Giseke) Mart.
- Sagus americana Poir.
- Sagus genuina giseke
- Sagus inermis Roxb.
- Sagus koenigii Griff.
- Sagus laevis jack
- Sagus longispina (Giseke) Blume
- Sagus micracantha (Mart.) Blume
- Sagus rumphii Willd.
- Sagus sagu (Rottb.) H. Karst.
- Sagus spinosa roxb .
- Sagus sylvestris (Giseke) Blume
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A plant with a trunk of about 9 meters tall and a diameter of 30β35 cm. The leaves are paired-pinnate, up to 5β7 meters long, with linear-lanceolate narrow pointed leaves, about 1 meter long and about 5 cm wide, with veins below bristly pubescent. The leaves are planted on strong grooved petioles on top of about 1 m long, with thorns. Inflorescences are apical, about 4 meters long, branched, sometimes with thorns. The plant dies after the first fruiting.
The palm has significant commercial value as the main source of sago , which is obtained from the core of the trunk, washing with water the chopped wood of the core of the trunk. Starch obtained from palm wood is used for culinary purposes, for example, sago pancakes are one of the main foodstuffs of the local population.
Leaves can be used as straw for walls and ceilings, or for rafts.
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Palm leaf roof; getting sago from trunk wood |
- β For the conventionality of indicating the class of monocotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Monocotyledonous article .
- β See the TPL link in the plant card.
