Cycadaceae
Sago palm
Cycas revoluta
- Family
- Cycadaceae
- Genus
- Cycas
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Common names
By language (32)
- Arabic
- سيكاد ملتف, سيكاس ملتف
- arz
- سيكاد ملتف
- Azerbaijani
- Əyriyarpaq saqovnik
- Bangla
- সাগু সাইকাস
- bi
- Natanggura
- Cantonese
- 蘇鐵
- Catalan
- Ciques, Cycas revoluta)
- Chinese
- 琉球苏铁, 琉球蘇鐵, 苏铁, 蘇鐵, 凤尾松, 凤尾草, 凤尾蕉, 苏铁叶
- Czech
- Cykas japonský, Cykas podvinutý
- Danish
- Japansk koglepalme
- Dutch
- Cycaspalm, Smalbladige sagopalm, Vredespalm
- English
- Sago palm, Fern palm, King sago, Japanese sago palm, Sago cycas
- Finnish
- Japaninkruunukävykki, Japaninkäpypalmu
- French
- Cycade du japon, Sagou du Japon
- Greek
- Κύκας, Κυκαδόφυτα
- hsb
- Japanski palmowy paproć
- Hungarian
- Japán cikász
- Japanese
- ソテツ, 蘇鉄
- Korean
- 소철, 소철나무
- Lithuanian
- Paprastasis cikas
- Malayalam
- അലങ്കാരപ്പന, Sago Palm
- Marathi
- सॅगो पाम
- nan
- Tâi-tang so͘-thih
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Sagopalme, Kongepalme
- Persian
- سیکاس رولوتا
- Polish
- Sagowiec odwinięty, Cykas odwinięty
- Russian
- Саговник поникающий, Саговая пальма, Цикас поникающий
- Spanish
- Cica, Cicas Revoluta, Palma de Iglesia
- Thai
- สาคู
- Ukrainian
- Саговник пониклий
- Vietnamese
- Vạn tuế, Cây vạn tuế
- wuu
- 苏铁
Synonyms
- Cycas inermis Oudem.
- Cycas miquelii Warb.
- Cycas revoluta var. brevifrons Miq.
- Cycas revoluta var. planifolia Miq.
- Cycas revoluta var. prolifera Siebold & Zucc.
- Cycas revoluta var. revoluta
- Cycas revoluta var. robusta Messeri
- Epicycas miquelii (Warb.) de Laub.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
LeavesPhoto: 胡正恆(Jackson Hu), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Copyright by Curtis Clark, licensed as noted, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: m a, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Philip Precey, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frz Ariyo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist ![Sago palm: [large cone]](/plants/cycas-revoluta/photos/b1916e33915a015a-s.webp)
Photo: Alex Lomas, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kenneth Parker, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: bitsandbugs, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Lomas, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
![Sago palm: [large cone]](/plants/cycas-revoluta/photos/b1916e33915a015a-l.webp)
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.