There is a big rice-producing tree in Africa.

An acre of rice can produce thousands of catties which is already a high yield. But do you know, is there a tree in the world that can produce 200~400 kilograms of "rice"? This tree is called sago palm. It belongs to the same family as the palm tree, the Arecaceae. Because it produces "rice", people often call it the rice tree.

The rice tree grows in the tropical regions of Asia and the Pacific between 10 degrees north and south of the equator. It is mainly distributed in the Malay Peninsula, the Indonesian islands, and Papua New Guinea. The trunk of the rice tree is straight, and its leaves are very long, up to 3.6 meters, and it remains green all year round. This kind of tree grows...