Palm for ID : 260111 : AK-1

[Aarti S. Khale]

Taken at Racca Nursery, Nasik, Maharashtra on the 3rd of October,2010.
Tree of medium height, not very tall like some other palms.
Aarti

[Sid]

My guess: Cycas circinalis (its not a palm)

Sid.

[Muthu Karthick]

Yes this is a Cycas sp.

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[Muthu Karthick]

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: prasad dash <prasad....@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 1:58 PM
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:61323] Palm for ID : 260111 : AK-1
To: Muthu Karthick <nmk...@gmail.com>


Hai karthickji, its definitely Cycas sp, but without seeing the sporophylls its realy difficult to distinguish Cycas circinalis and Cycas sphaerica. As earlier all the species of Cycas were identified as Cycas circinalis but after critical taxonomic studies they came to be Cycas sphaerica.

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Prasad

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[Pankaj Kumar]

Prasad is right. There are many similar looking Cycas. By the way, to
me leaves look too long in this. I have a Cycas circinalis as home
which has thicker trunk than this, but the length of the rachis is
much shorter. I imagine if we have Dr. Rita from Indraprastha
University here in the group. She may be of some help.If not then we
may try inviting her. She is an expert on gymnosperms.
Regards
Pankaj

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