Cycas revoluta Thunb.

Synonym

:

Cycas revoluta var. inermis (Lour.) Miq.

Family

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Cycadaceae

Local name

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English- Sagopalm, King Sagopalm

Malayalam- Eenth

Distribution

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Indo-Malesia and Tropical East Africa

Distribution in Kerala

:

All districts

Habitat

:

Moist deciduous forests

Uses

:

The pith contains edible starch, and is used for making sago.

Key botanical characters:

The leaves are a dark olive green and about three to four feet long when the plants are of a reproductive age. Sago palms are very slow growing plants. So, mostly one finds only young plants which have not grown a stem and look like a rosette of leaves coming from a stem near the ground. The name revoluta was given because of the revolute nature of the leaflets; the edges roll under the leaflet.

Synonym	:	Cycas revoluta var. inermis (Lour.) Miq.
Family	:	Cycadaceae
Local name	:	English- Sagopalm, King Sagopalm Malayalam- Eenth
Distribution	:	Indo-Malesia and Tropical East Africa
Distribution in Kerala	:	All districts
Habitat	:	Moist deciduous forests
Uses	:	The pith contains edible starch, and is used for making sago.
Key botanical characters: The leaves are a dark olive green and about three to four feet long when the plants are of a reproductive age. Sago palms are very slow growing plants. So, mostly one finds only young plants which have not grown a stem and look like a rosette of leaves coming from a stem near the ground. The name revoluta was given because of the revolute nature of the leaflets; the edges roll under the leaflet.