Cycas beddomei

Superficially similar to Cycas revoluta, it has erect, solitary stems. There are 20-30 leaves in the crown, each leaf 90 cm long, stiff, lanceolate, pinnate, with 50-100 pairs of leaflets, these 10-17.5 cm long and 3–4 mm wide, and angled forward at 45 degrees; the leaf petiole bears minute spines.

Cycas beddomei is a species of cycad in the genus Cycas, native to India, where it is confined to a small area of Andhra Pradesh state in the Cuddapah Hills in scrubland and brush covered hills. Superficially similar to Cycas revoluta, it has erect, solitary stems. There are 20-30 leaves in the crown, each leaf 90 cm long, stiff, lanceolate, pinnate, with 50-100 pairs of leaflets, these 10-17. More

and Cycas beddomei Dyer Photosynthesis Research 2( 4) 1981: 297-300. 2. Muniappan R , V iraktamath CA. The Asian cycad scale Aulocaspis yasumatsui, a threat to native cycads in India. Current Science 2006;91(7): 868-870. 3. Jones, D. L. More