Question

Which gymnosperm is called sago palm?

Answer 1

Gymnosperm:

1. It is any vascular plant, which reproduces through an exposed ovule or seed, unlike flowering plants or angiosperms, whose seeds are encircled by fruits or mature ovaries.
2. Cycas revoluta is a gymnosperm, which is commonly called sago palm.
3. It is a cycad, not an actual palm.
4. It is a slowly developing, evergreen, medium-sized, long-lived palm-like plant.
5. It is one of the most popular species, which comes under the genus Cycas.
6. Sago palm is a general name given to several plants, which are used to generate a starchy food called sago.
7. The sago generated from cycads is required to get detoxified before consumption.