11. Q : We have two sago palms , one large and a small second one in a pot. 12. In Eastern New Guinea, one-string idiochords are made from the rib of the sago palm . 13. Sago paste is an intermediary stage in the production of sago meal and sago flour from sago palms . 14. Sago palm ( Cycas revoluta ) : Grows about 6 inches a year to a height of 10 feet.15. This is where the sago palm flourishes, and sago was once the staple food of the Melanau people. 16. They flick bloated leeches off their ankles as they boil a thick paste of sago palm and tapioca starch. 17. Sago palm is propagated by man by collecting ( cutting ) and replanting young suckers rather than by seed.18. "' Ambuyat "'is a dish derived from the interior trunk of the sago palm . 19. I am also introduced to the sago palm endemic to the Solomon Islands, and some species from the Amazon. 20. It could also become a replacement crop for the threatened Fiji sago palm ( " Metroxylon vitiense " ).