Cycas revoluta (Stevenson 1991).

Common Names

Sago palm.

Range

China (Jones 1993).

Ethnobotany

Seeds and stem starch have been widely used as a food source; a large plant may yield over 1,000 seeds. The Ryuku Islanders make a form of sake that is poisonous and an occasional batch kills all who partake (Jones 1993).

Observations

This is probably the most common ornamental cycad.

This page is from the Gymnosperm Database
URL: http://www.conifers.org/cy/cy/revoluta.htm
Edited by Christopher J. Earle
Last modified on 2007.01.25