Plant Id : 366
Plant Name : Sago Palm
Scientific Name : Cycas revoluta
Family Name : Cycadaceae
Location : Botanical Garden
Properties : It is traditionally cooked and eaten in various forms, such as rolled into balls, mixed with boiling water to form a glue-like paste (papeda), or as a pancake. Sago is often produced commercially in the form of "pearls" (small rounded starch aggregates, partly gelatinized by heating). Sago pearls can be boiled with water or milk and sugar to make a sweet sago pudding.
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