| Author: |
Lin Zhou & Si Yuan Yang, 1991 | |
Family: |
CYCADACEAE |
| Origin: |
S-C China |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water: |
Medium - Maximum |
| Sun: |
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
25 Centimetres |
| Height: |
2,5 Metres |
| Flower: |
No; Brown Cones |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Offshoots |
| Names: |
Dukou Sago Palm,
Panzhihua tree, Panzhihua Sago Palm, Dukou Cycad |
| Synonyms: |
Cycas baguanheensis,
L.K. Fu & S.Z. Cheng, 1981? |
This member of the
Cycadaceae family
was given this name by Lin Zhou and Si Yuan Yang in 1991. It is found in
Sichuan and Yunnan; south-central China, growing in a well drained soil with
quite some water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to
25 centimetres in diameter, the entire plant
to 250 centimetres in height. The female cones are brown, the male cones yellow.
It different from
Cycas revoluta with its unbranched stem and softer, looser habit and
fairly stiff, dark green to blue-green leathery fern-like fronds.
The genera name from Greek kyklos:
'circle' referring to the rounded tubers. The species name from the city
of Panzhihua in China. |
