Emperor Sago (Cycas taitungensis) is a cone-bearing conifer resembling a palm, but it is not a palm as it doesn’t flower. It is very ancient, rare, and found in tropical and subtropical environments with mixed, sparse forests and rocky, steep slopes with well-drained gravel soils in Taiwan. This tree is drought and cold-tolerant. Hence, prefers places with plenty of sunlight. It is slow-growing and long-lived and separated from the Sago palm by its spreading leaves. Male and female trees produce cones and can have a branched or unbranched trunk. The crown is rounded, the stem reddish-brown, while the leaves are palm-like, leathery, and dark green.
Emperor Sagos have an overall height between 9.8’-11.5’ (3-3.5 m) and diameter of 7.9’-12.3’ (2.4-3.75 m). The trunk of the Emperor Sago has a diameter of 9.8”-15.75” (25-40 cm) with leaf lengths between 39”-71” (100-180 cm).
Emperor Sago (Cycas taitungensis) is a cone-bearing conifer resembling a palm, but it is not a palm as it doesn’t flower. It is very ancient, rare, and found in tropical and subtropical environments with mixed, sparse forests and rocky, steep slopes with well-drained gravel soils in Taiwan. This tree is drought and cold-tolerant. Hence, prefers places with plenty of sunlight. It is slow-growing and long-lived and separated from the Sago palm by its spreading leaves. Male and female trees produce cones and can have a branched or unbranched trunk. The crown is rounded, the stem reddish-brown, while the leaves are palm-like, leathery, and dark green.
Emperor Sagos have an overall height between 9.8’-11.5’ (3-3.5 m) and diameter of 7.9’-12.3’ (2.4-3.75 m). The trunk of the Emperor Sago has a diameter of 9.8”-15.75” (25-40 cm) with leaf lengths between 39”-71” (100-180 cm).
