Cycas pectinata
COMMON NAME | Assam cycad |
TYPE | Cycad |
FAMILY | Cycadaceae |
NOTES | The tallest of all
Cycas species with a recorded female type in North Kamrup, Assam measuring
52.8 feet. Some can be found with
multi branched arms radiating from a single truck. The gum has been used as glue.. |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION | Northeastern part of India, Nepal,
Bhutan, northern Burma, southern China, Bangladesh, Burma, Malaysia,
Cambodia, northern Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam |
NATIVE HABITAT | Occurs in medium to
tall closed forest on deep, often clay-rich and more fertile soils, usually
as part of the general shrub understorey |
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