Cycas revoluta but will usually flush (or grow) several new leaves by spring. This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit (confirmed 2017). The pith contains edible starch, and is used for making sago. Before use, the starch must be carefully washed to leach out toxins contained in the pith. Extracting edible starch from the sago cycad requires special care due to the poisonous nature of cycads. Cycad sago is used for many of the same purposes as palm sago. Sago is extracted from the sago cycad by cutting the pith from the stem, root and seeds of
Sago Township, Itasca County, Minnesota in the township was $40,179, and the median income for a family was $41,786. Males had a median income of $39,375 versus $15,417 for females. The per capita income for the township was $14,205. About 2.9% of families and 5.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under the age of eighteen or sixty five or over. 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