Cycas maconochiei (Cycas)

Cycas maconochiei (Cycas) orange fruit, close up, green leaves, textured stalks, brown round seeds

Botanical name: Cycas maconochiei

Common name: Cycas

Family: Cycadaceae

Origin: North Australia

Large shrub 5-10 ft tallSmall tree 10-20 ftFull sunModerate waterSeaside, salt tolerant plant

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) brown fruit and narrow green leaves close up for detailed plant study
Cycas maconochiei (Cycas) tan plant close up showing fuzzy textured structures and elongated seed segments


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