Sago raw starch suspension in water is then collected in a settling container. The sago cycad, "Cycas revoluta", is a slow-growing wild or ornamental plant. Its common names "sago palm" and "king sago palm" are misnomers as cycads are not palms. Processed starch known as sago is made from this and other cycads. It is a less-common food source for some peoples of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.- Unlike "metroxylon" palms (discussed above), cycads are highly poisonous: most parts of the plant contain the neurotoxins cycasin and BMAA. Consumption of cycad seeds has been implicated in the outbreak of Parkinson's disease-like
Sago Township, Itasca County, Minnesota Sago Township, Itasca County, Minnesota Sago Township is a township in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 176 at the 2010 census. Sago Township was so named from the fact sago pudding was being served when commissioners were deciding on a suitable name. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 34.4 square miles (89.1 km²), of which 33.8 square miles (87.6 km²) is land and 0.6 square miles (1.6 km²), or 1.74%, is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 205 people, 77 households, and 60 families residing in