About Cycas Tree
Cycas circinalis, also known as the queen sago, is a species of cycad known in the wild only from southern India. Cycas circinalis is the only gymnosperm species found among native Sri Lankan flora.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cycas circinalis
- Genus
- Cycas
- Family
- CYCADACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Planted
- Native to
- India
- Conservation status
- Endangered (EN)
Local Names
- Hindi
- jangli-madan-mast-ka-phul
- Tamil
- canningay, madanagama
- Telugu
- kamkshi, per ita, కామాక్షి
- Malayalam
- ഈന്ത്, Cycas circinalis

Botanical family
Cycadaceae
CYCAD FAMILY
Cycas Tree belongs to the Cycadaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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