Accession Data

Cycas taitungensis

Common Name: Prince Sago

Family: Cycadaceae

Country of Origin: Taitung Prefecture, southeastern Taiwan

Description: A medium sized cycad to about 3.5 m tall, with a trunk to about 350 mm across. Dark green leaves to 1.75 m long, 500 mm wide. Quite similar in appearance to Cycas revoluta.

Uses: Used to make tea in its local area.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 8a-11

Accession #: 200202423

Accession Date: 2002-09-30 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 3311

Quantity: 1

Source: Rob Nicholson - Smith College

Provenance: wild collected

Classification

Division: Cycadophyta

Class: Cycadopsida

Subclass: Cycadidae

Order: Cycadales

Family: Cycadaceae

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Cycas taitungensis