Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Cycadaceae | Genus: Cycas | Species: Cycas revoluta Thunb. |
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| Synonym | Cycas miquelii Warb., Epicycas miquelii (Warb.) de Laub. | Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | Sago palm, King sago palm, Sago Cycad Japanese Sago Palm | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Sago palm | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Cycas | Fruiting Period | Oct-Dec |
| Altitude | 100-500m | Fruit Type | Cone |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Microsporophylls narrowly cuneate, apex rounded- truncate, cuspidate. Megasporophylls yellow to pale brown, densely tomentose, deeply laciniate, with Ca. 20 lobes ovules 2 or 3 on each side of stalk, densely pale brown tomentose. Seeds 2(4), orange to red, obovoid or ellipsoid. |
| Habitat | Plants occur primarily on steep to precipitous stony sites, but previously they occurred on flatter land which has since been cleared. Usually grow in exposed locations on steep limestone cliffs and rocks overhanging the shoreline, sometimes in low dense | Bark Type | Scaly |
| Distribution | Japan and southern China. It is planted as an ornamental elsewhere | Bark Details | Bark gray-black, scaly |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park, Sector 55 | Origin | Exotic |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Pinnate | ||
| Description of Species | Tree, erect, sturdy trunks with numerous adventitious lateral branches or bulbils, apex tomentose; bark gray-black, scaly. Leaves one pinnate, petiole with 6-18 spines along each side; leaf blade oblong- or elliptic-lanceolate, recurved, leaflets up to 110 pairs, horizontally inserted, leathery, sparsely pubescent, apex acuminate. Microsporophylls narrowly cuneate, apex rounded-truncate, cuspidate. Megasporophylls yellow to pale brown, densely tomentose, deeply laciniate, with Ca. 20 lobes ovules 2 or 3 on each side of stalk, densely pale brown tomentose. Seeds 2(4), orange to red, obovoid or ellipsoid. | Leaf Details | Leaves one pinnate, petiole with 6-18 spines along each side; leaf blade oblong- or elliptic-lanceolate, recurved, leaflets up to 110 pairs, horizontally inserted, leathery, sparsely pubescent, apex acuminate. |
