Cycas circinalis L.

 
  • Family : CYCADACEAE
    (CYCAD FAMILY)
  • Family (Hindi name) : CYCAD FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : CYCADACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cycas circinalis L.
  • Common name : Cycas Tree, Crozier Cycas
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Planted
  • Comments / notes : Planted for ornamental purposes and leaves are used for plaiting into mats
  • Reproductive stages : February-August
  • Collection Nos : CJS 14118; HFP 621
  • Collection Locality : Bellary,; Similipahar, Mayurbhanj District
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru district (FRLHT Campus), Udupi district, Dakshina Kannada district
  • Native : India
  • Conservation Status : Endangered (EN)
  • Literature : H.O. Saxena and M. Brahmam. 1989. The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Rolla Seshagiri Rao. 1986. Flora of Srikakulam; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. ; Lindstrom and Hill, Telopea 11(4): 2007
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cycas circinalis. Downloaded on 9 May 2025.

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