The dish is traditionally prepared using sago starch, which is derived from sago palm pith. The internodes contain a fibrous white pith immersed in sugary sap. It also eats leaves and leaf buds, seeds, blossoms, stems, pith, bark and resin. Most species have internodes that are hollow and contain whitish pith. The stems are smooth cylinders with light pith filling. Once established, the bacteria may move into the phloem, pith, and cortex. The pith is chambered with greenish partitions. Boiled and chopped plantain pith (stem) is also suitable, according to Sri Lankan researchers. The officers wore pith helmets and khaki drill uniforms. Oklejanki or wyklejanki are decorated with bulrush pith or yarn. The hatched larvae bore inward toward the pith. Another pre-modern recipe uses the pith of the marshmallow plant, rather than the root. The stem has a chambered pith. The larvae tunnel in the pith where they feed and pupate. The pith is white and about thick.