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.