Ambuyat is a dish derived from the interior trunk of the sago palm. The dish is traditionally prepared using sago starch, which is derived from sago palm pith. There are also other dances like Saureka-Reka that use the sago palm fronds. The name ""Rumbia"" comes from a type of palm tree known as the sago palm. Sago flour might be extracted from the trunk of sago palm or aren palm. Much of their diet was based on the sago palm. The name was submitted by Malaysia and refers to the Sago Palm. Coconut palm, breadfruit, plantain, sago palm, and sugar cane are grown. The importance of the sago palm tree is evident in the district tagline. The bud of the sago palm cooked as a traditional dish in Sarawak. The species are pests of citrus, sago palm, oleander, English ivy, and palm, among others. Their diet was based on the sago palm and they also practiced shifting cultivation. It could also become a replacement crop for the threatened Fiji sago palm ("Metroxylon vitiense"). In Tayap, a felled sago palm tree can be divided into 7 parts. The plants he mentioned included the sago palm from Malaya and the Persian date.