sago palm Cycadaceae Cycas revoluta

Leaf:Alternate, pinnately compound, to 5 feet long, glossy dark green in color; leaflets lanceolate, 4-8 inches long, revolute entire margins, spine-tipped; central rachis yellow and armed with sharp barbs near the base of the leaves; produced in a rosette at the growing tip.
Flower:Species is dioecious; males produce tall yellow to buff-colored pollen cones to 2 feet tall; females produce short broad yellow fringed cones (technically leafy megaspophylls); flowering in late spring.
Fruit:Fringed cone scales of leafy megasporophylls fade to tan, open to reveal red-brown chestnut-like seeds; maturing over winter.
Twig:
Bark:Rough, covered with reddish brown, old leaf bases.
Form:Squat shrub or small tree with a flat-topped crown; may achieve heights of 20 feet.

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