FOOD RESOURCE COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SCIENCES, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
METROXYLON SAGU, SAGO PALM, METROXYLON VITIENSE
Hedrick, U.P. editor. 1919. Sturtevant's Notes on Edible Plants. Report of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station for the Year 1919 II. Albany, J.B Lyon Company, State Printers. [References Available]
METROXYLON SAGU, SAGO PALM
is a plant of Sumatra and Malacca. the plant is employed in the preparation of sago for food. Considerable quantities are made at the Poggy Islands, lying off the west coast of Sumatra, where it forms the principal food of the inhabitants.
METROXYLON VITIENSE, SAGO PALM
is a true sago palm in Viti but its quality, Seemann says, was not known to the natives until he pointed it out to them.