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Family: Cycadaceae	Genus: Cycas	Species: Cycas circinalis Linn.

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Cycas circinalis var. angustifolia Miq., Cycas circinalis f. gothanii J.Schust., Cycas squamosa Lodd. ex Dyer, Cycas rumphii f. undulata (Desf. ex Gaudich.) Kaneh., Cycas undulata	Flower Color	Yellow - Orange
Common Name	Cycas	Flower Type	Solitary
English / Trade Name	Queen Sago, False sago, fern palm	Flowering Period	April-June
Vernacular /Local Name	Cycas	Fruiting Period	Jan-Dec
Altitude	Up to 1500 m	Fruit Type	Cone
Habit	Shrub	Fruit Details	Fruit not prsent, insted of fruit Megasporophylls prsent, brown-tomentose; ovules 4-10, glabrous; lamina lanceolate, regularly dentate, with 24 pungent lateral spines, apical spine distinct from lateral spines.
Habitat	Plants usually grow in exposed locations on steep limestone cliffs and rocks, largely planted as ornamental	Bark Type	Rugged
Distribution	Endemic to Indian sub continent	Bark Details	Trunk covered in thick and corky bark, which terminates in a crown of long, bright green, slightly glossy leaves
Distribution in chandigarh	Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Compound
		Leaf Arrangement	Whorled (leaves in groups of 3 or more along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Pinnate
Description of Species	Shrub often tree up to 8 m tall, trunk covered in thick and corky bark, which terminates in a crown of long, bright green, slightly glossy leaves. Leaf bright green, semiglossy, compound, bears up to 100 leaflets, arranged opposite each other along the central stem, glabrous, spinescent for 90% of length. Basal leaflets not gradually reducing to spines. Flower not produced, instated of flowers yellowish-brown cones prsent, which egg-shaped to conical Fruit absent, carrying ovules and seeds on large, leaf-like megasporophylls. Megasporophylls brown-tomentose; ovules 4-10, glabrous; lamina lanceolate, regularly dentate, with 24 pungent lateral spines, apical spine distinct from lateral spines.	Leaf Details	Leaf bright green, semiglossy, compound, bears up to 100 leaflets, arranged opposite each other along the central stem, glabrous, spinescent for 90% of length. Basal leaflets not gradually reducing to spines.

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