Dear Gurucharan Sir, thanks for correcting me. Yes they are seeds and in a hurry I wrote the same.
Prabhuji *Cycas circinalis* is endemic to Western Ghats where as Cycas sphaerica only found in Andhra Pradesh and Orissa (Eastern Ghats). Basically these two species are distinguished from each other with respect to their female cone. I think there is not much difference in both the plants in terms of morphological characters. But one of the major differences is the megasporophyll teeth which is 4 mm in Cycas circinalis while it is at least 6 mm in *Cycas sphaerica*. However my plant (posted here) is having following characters Stems arborescent, leaves bright green, 160-280 cm long. Petiole 45-60 cm long, glabrous, spine scent for 90% of length; Cataphylls narrowly triangular, soft, Seeds subglobose, 25 mm long; sarcotesta yellow; fibrous layer present; sclerotesta smooth. Now we can compare with *Cycas circinalis* * * Dear Prabhuji since you are in* *Centre for Medicinal Plant Research, i think you might be aware of ongoing threat to this threatened medicinal and wild edible plant in Eastern Ghats. Another important use of this plant is the people consumed the leaves of this plant as green vegitables. So you can imagine how severely this plant is been harvested for different purposes. * * Regards Prasad On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Prabhu kumar KM <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Dear Prasadji, > How we can differenciate this species from *Cycas circinalis > -- > Prabhu Kumar K M* > Scientist > Plant Systematics & Genetic Resources Division > Centre for Medicinal Plant Research (CMPR) > & 'CMPR' Herbarium > Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala > Kottakkal, Malappuram > *E-mail: [email protected]* > > -- Prasad Kumar Dash Ecologist, Orissa, India email: [email protected] ph. 09437444241
