IN Javanese the word for rice is sego. This inspired Professor Nadirman Haska to draw the hypothesis that the words sego and sago come from the same root of word. “It also shows that sago was once the staple food in Java,” he said explaining his hypothesis.

Nadirman has further proof in the form of reliefs at Borobodur. On the reliefs of the temple built in the 800s there are four types of palms influential in Java in evidence. The four type