Cycas maconochiei

Its slender, straight trunks are often blackened by fire in habitat, and hold a neat crown of fairly short, flat, green to gray-green leaves. It makes a beautiful ornamental for tropical and some warm temperate areas but is rather rare in cultivation.

Distinguishing features: distinguished by the flattened leaves with short petioles and leaflets with recurved margins, and the basal leaflets reducing in size.

Similar plants:

• Cycas angulata (Angular Cycas, Ngathu)
• Cycas armstrongii (Fire Fern)
• Cycas calcicola (Cycas)
• Cycas circinalis, Cycas undulata, Cycas wallichii (Queen Sago)
• Cycas ophiolitica (Cycas Marlborough Blue)
• Cycas revoluta (Sago Palm, King Sago)
• Cycas rumphii (False Sago)
• Cycas sp. (Cycas, Cycad)
• Cycas thouarsii (Madagascar Cycad, Madagascar Sago)