Cycas maconochiei (Cycas)

Cycas maconochiei (Cycas) orange fruit, close up, green leaves, textured stalks, brown round seeds
Cycas maconochiei (Cycas) orange fruit on stalks, with narrow green leaves surrounding center round seeds

Botanical name: Cycas maconochiei

Common name: Cycas

Family: Cycadaceae

Origin: North Australia

USDA Plant Hardiness Map

USDA Zone: 9-10

Large shrub 5-10 ft tallSmall tree 10-20 ftPlant form: Large bush or small tree
Plant mature sizeMature height: 10-20 ft
Full sunSun exposure: Full sun or bright light indoor
Cold toleranceCold tolerance: Frost sensitive. Protect from freezing.
Watering: Moderate. Water when top soil feels dryWatering: Moderate
Suitable forSuitable for: Outdoors in the suitable USDA zone; small gardens, containers, and indoor growing

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 maconochiei (Cycas)


Cycas maconochiei (Cycas) brown textured trunk close up showing geometric scales on plant bark
Cycas maconochiei (Cycas) trunk exhibiting detailed brown bark texture composed of interlocking geometric scale segments
Cycas maconochiei (Cycas) brown fruit and narrow green leaves close up for detailed plant study
Cycas maconochiei (Cycas) showing round brown fruit clusters nestled among thin stiff green foliage stems
Cycas maconochiei (Cycas) tan plant close up showing fuzzy textured structures and elongated seed segments
Cycas maconochiei (Cycas) cone section with numerous tan, velvety projections emerging from a central base


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