Sunday, July 15, 2012

Sago palm

Sago palm or Cycas revoluta, it is a local plant in Japan
Sago palm or Cycas revoluta, it is a local plant in Japan. It is known as a king sago palm. It is a plant in the cycad genus, and it is not palm. This plant is quite toxic. It has been widely cultivated as ornamental plants, used to decorate the garden.

Scientific Name: Cycas revoluta Thunb.

Family name: Cycadaceae

Genus: Cycas

Native name: Chinese cycad, Sago palm, King sago palm

sago palm (Cycas revoluta) is not palm.

Generalization of the sago palm (Cycas revoluta)

Some people call it the sago palms or China cycads. It is a tree that has existed since ancient era. It has been known as "living fossils". It is not a palm plant. It looks like a mixed pine and bracken and has a straight trunk. It has branches and leaves from a shrub that like palm and grew slowly. It can be propagated by the sprouting along the trunk. It was fully 10 feet high and has 3-6 feet of wide bush size.

Sago palm (Cycas revoluta) has been widely cultivated as ornamental plants, used to decorate the garden.

Tree: Looks like palm, High 2-4 m, Straight trunk, Has branch that separate, Has its roots to storage of food

Leaves: Leaves is curve, a long like feather, Sub leaves divided into two sides as many and bending, Leaves sub is narrow, hard and nib, dark green that glossy, Leaf is roll toward the middle of Leaves

Flower: Sex different, Has a male and female, No fruit set

Propagation of the sago palm (Cycas revoluta)

Separate shoots