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Cycas circinalis L.
Sp. Pl. 1188 (1753)
Family: CYCADACEAE

Cycas circinalis Photo by: Forest Starr & Kim Starr

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Cycas circinalis L.
Sp. Pl. 1188 (1753)
Synonymy: 11
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Sago Palm, Common pitogo, False sago palm, Queen sago
ARABIC ( لعربية ): سيكاس مستدير
CZECH (Čeština): Cykas indický
DUTCH (Nederlands): Ingerolde palmvaren
FINNISH (Suomi): Saagokruunukävykki, Saagokäpypalmu
FRENCH (Français): Grand rameau, Grand cycas
HUNGARIAN (Magyar): Kelet-indiai cikász
ITALIAN (Italiano): Cycas circinalis
MALAYALAM (മലയാളം): ഈന്ത്
POLISH ( Polski): Sagowiec podwinięty
TELUGU (తెలుగు): కామాక్షి, మదన కామాక్షి
UPPER SORBIAN (Hornjoserbsce): Zakuleny palmowy paproć

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Cycas rumphii complex

The C. rumphii complex comprises a number of related taxa which have sometimes been considered conspecific. Differences between these taxa lie mainly in the shape and indentation of the lamina of the megasporophylls.

  • Cycas circinalis L.: has leaflets not more than 13 mm broad, non-pepectinate megasporophyll with large lamina. Microsporophyll apex attenuate, reflexed. Distribution: southern India.
  • Cycas glauca Miq.
  • Cycas micronesica K.D.Hill
  • Cycas rumphii Miq.: has broad, falcate, hard, glossy leaflets with relatively broad bases, usually wholly spinescent petiole, and narrowly triangular megasporophyll lamina with a slender apical spine. Distribution: Indonesia, S. Borneo ans along the north coast of Papua New Guinea.
  • Cycas thouarsii R.Br.: has distinctly bluish new leaves with wholly spinescent petioles and the pronounced stout spines on the microsporophylls. Seeds do not have a crested sclerotests. Distribution: Madagascar, the Comoros Islands, Mayotte and the Seychelles. Scattered occurrences are also known on the East Coast of Africa from Tanzania throughout Kenya south the Mozambique.
  • Cycas zeylanica (J.Schust.) A.Lindstr. & K.D.Hill


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Cycas circinalis Photo by: Forest Starr & Kim Starr
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Cycas circinalis Photo by: Josef Cycad Perner

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Cycas circinalis Photo by: Forest Starr & Kim Starr
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Cycas circinalis Photo by: Forest Starr & Kim Starr

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Cycas circinalis Photo by: Forest Starr & Kim Starr
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Cycas circinalis Photo by: Josef Cycad Perner

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Mature pollen cone. Photo by: Josef Cycad Perner
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Developing (immature) pollen cone. Photo by: Josef Cycad Perner

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