Common name: Prince Sago
Family: Cycadaceae
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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.
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USDA Zone: 8a-11
Source: Rob Nicholson - Smith College
Provenance:
wild collected
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Classification:
- Division: Cycadophyta
- Class: Cycadopsida
- SubClass: Cycadidae
- Order: Cycadales
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- Family: Cycadaceae
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References:
Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia
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