This is sago Palm, some classify it as King sago... in southern california its very popular front yard plant... gives architectural focal points to the tiny water starved landscapes something green year round...
In this photo the central bunch of spikes is a collection of a round/ ring of young leaves... which ultimately unfurl and when mature and die off will add 2 to 3 inches to the height of the plant.... Below it the light brown "leaves " with an occasional red peaking out is the female ovary and fruits... (red ) ones are fruits/seeds inside.... young children sometimes eat them to their peril... its toxic ... FINAL diagnosis ... King Sago Palm, female... Botanical binomial: Cycas revoluta (( NOT CYCAD as in above messages) ... although it belongs to Family: Cycadaceae but Genus is Cycas.. Usha di ========== On Aug 22, 4:35 pm, promila chaturvedi <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree with Dr. Pankaj Kumar and Dr. Balkar Sing. It is Cycad revoluta. > Promila > > On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 9:52 PM, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes Cycas revoluta > > > On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Satish Chile <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> Cycas revoluta > > >> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Dr Pankaj Kumar > >> <[email protected]>wrote: > > >>> Cycas revoluta. > >>> Pankaj > > >>> On Apr 8, 8:59 am, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > Resurfacing again > > >>> > -- > >>> > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > >>> > Retired Associate Professor > >>> > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > >>> > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > >>> > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > >>> > On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 11:01 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > > Forwarding pl. > > >>> > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > >>> > > From: Col Bimal Sarkar <[email protected]> > >>> > > Date: 16 March 2011 20:27 > >>> > > Subject: CYCAS > >>> > > To: > > >>> > > Dear Friend, > >>> > > Some time in 1982,while at Pachmarhi,I collected few eyes > >>> of > >>> > > Cycas from a mature plant at Bhabatit Dhyan Kendra( opposite Bedi > >>> > > Bungloww).5 of the plants travelled with me to different places.One > >>> was > >>> > > given to Brig Rajbir Singh.I am sure it is still with him.It is a > >>> treat to > >>> > > see bud of a Cycas unfolding.I am fortunate to see this phenomenon > >>> each > >>> > > year.2 of the plants have got place in our home.Attaching an image of > >>> the > >>> > > bud of this plant.Wish you happiness. > >>> > > Regards > >>> > > Col (Retd) Bimal Sarkar > >>> > > Mobile: 9434194942 > > >>> > > -- > >>> > > With regards, > >>> > > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > >>> > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > >>> > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > >>> > > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand > >>> species* & > >>> > > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > >>> > > alphabetically & place-wise): > >>> > >http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > >>> them > >>> > > for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > >>> > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian > >>> Flora, > >>> > > please visit/ join our Google e-group- Efloraofindia: > >>> > >http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepixor > >>> > >https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/(morethan 1550 members & > >>> > > 64,000 messages on 28/2/11 & with a database of around 4500 species > >>> on > >>> > > 15/12/10) > > >>> > -- > >>> > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > >>> > Retired Associate Professor > >>> > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > >>> > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > >>> > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > >> -- > >> Dr. Satish Kumar Chile > > > -- > > Regards > > > Dr Balkar Singh > > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > > Arya P G College, Panipat > > Haryana-132103 > > 09416262964
