Arecaceae
Sago palm
Metroxylon sagu
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Metroxylon
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Common names
By language (32)
- ace
- Meuria
- Arabic
- نخلة دقيق الساجو, نخل الساغو, نخيل الساغو, ساجو, نخل هندي
- Belarusian
- Сагавая пальма
- bjn
- Rumbia
- Cantonese
- 西米椰子
- Catalan
- Palmera del sagú
- Chinese
- 硕莪树, 西穀椰子, 西谷椰, 碩莪樹, 西穀米椰子, 西米椰子, 西谷椰子, 西谷米椰子
- Czech
- Ságovník pravý
- dtp
- Rumbio
- Dutch
- (Echte) sagopalm, Echte Sagopalm
- English
- Sago palm
- Esperanto
- Sagua palmo
- Finnish
- Saagopalmu
- French
- Sagoutier
- German
- Sagopalme, Palmsago
- Hebrew
- דקל הסאגו, דקל הסגו
- hsb
- Sagowa palma
- Hungarian
- Valódi szágópálma
- iba
- Mulung
- Indonesian
- Rumbia, Kirai, Kiray
- Irish
- Ságphailm
- Japanese
- サゴヤシ
- Korean
- 사고야자
- Lithuanian
- Tikrasis sagas
- Malay
- Pokok Rumbia, Pokok Sagu
- os
- Сагæ-заз
- Polish
- Sagownica zwyczajna, Palma sagowa
- Russian
- Саговые пальмы
- Spanish
- Metroxylon, Coelococcus, Sagus
- Sundanese
- Kirai
- Thai
- สาคู, ปาล์มสาคู
- Ukrainian
- Сагова пальма
Synonyms
- Metroxylon hermaphroditum Hassk.
- Metroxylon inerme Mart.
- Metroxylon laeve (Giseke) Mart.
- Metroxylon longispinum (Giseke) Mart.
- Metroxylon micracanthum Mart.
- Metroxylon oxybracteatum Warb. ex K.Schum. & Lauterb.
- Metroxylon rumphii (Willd.) Mart.
- Metroxylon sago K.D.Koenig
- Metroxylon sagu f. longispinum (Giseke) Rauwerd.
- Metroxylon sagu f. micracanthum (Mart.) Rauwerd.
- Metroxylon sagu f. tuberatum Rauwerd.
- Metroxylon squarrosum Becc.
- Metroxylon sylvestre (Giseke) Mart.
- Sagus americana Poir.
- Sagus genuina Giseke
- Sagus genuina unranked laevis Giseke
- Sagus genuina unranked longispina Giseke
- Sagus genuina unranked sylvestris Giseke
- Sagus inermis Roxb.
- Sagus koenigii Griff.
- Sagus laevis Jack
- Sagus laevis Giseke
- Sagus longispina (Giseke) Blume
- Sagus longispina Giseke
- Sagus micracantha (Mart.) Blume
- Sagus rumphii Willd.
- Sagus sagu (Rottb.) H.Karst.
- Sagus spinosa Roxb.
- Sagus sylvestris (Giseke) Blume
- Sagus sylvestris Giseke
Characteristics
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
Photo: Toksave, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Isaac Krone, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: W.A. Djatmiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cheongweei Gan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: W.A. Djatmiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kristof Zyskowski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: W.A. Djatmiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kristof Zyskowski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Colin Trainor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dick Culbert, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.