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Cycas sphaerica Roxb.
Fl. Ind. (Roxburgh) ed. 1832, 3: 747 (1832)
Family: CYCADACEAE

Cycas sphaerica Photo by: Josef Cycad Perner
Like other Cycas species, the female plants do not bear cones; instead they carry ovules and seeds on 20-25 cm long, loosely packed, persistently orange-tomentose megasporophylls. These are very hardy cycads, the colour of the leaves are a little bluish.

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Cycas sphaerica Roxb.
Fl. Ind. (Roxburgh) ed. 1832, 3: 747 (1832)
Synonymy: 2
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This is a receptive female waiting for pollen. Photo by: Josef Cycad Perner
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Cycas sphaerica Photo by: Josef Cycad Perner

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Cycas sphaerica Photo by: Josef Cycad Perner
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Double male cones. Photo by: Josef Cycad Perner

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The scales of male cones tapper from the middle into ong curved subulate points, but this does not appear to be consistent. Photo by: Josef Cycad Perner
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Cycas sphaerica Photo by: Josef Cycad Perner

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Cycas sphaerica Photo by: Josef Cycad Perner
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Cycas sphaerica Photo by: Josef Cycad Perner

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