Scientific Name:	Cycas revoluta
Pronunciation:	SYE-kus re-vo-LOO-tuh
Common Name:	Japanese sago palm
Family Name:	Cycadaceae
Plant Type:	Indoor foliage plant
Key ID Features:	Leaves arching, pinnately compound, palm-like, leaflets dark, evergreen, linear.
Course(s):	HORT 1193/1293

Habit: Arching, Upright Form: Vase Texture: Medium - coarse Mature Size: Height: 0.7 - 1.3m Spread: 1.0 - 1.5m Growth Rate: Slow Origin: S.E. Asia / Japan / China (S. Japan) Hardiness Rating: Zone 9: (-7 to -1 C) Exposure: Filtered shade, Full sun Soil/ Growing Medium: Well-drained Water Use: Low Landscape Uses: Indoor plant Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Form: Compound Arrangement: Whorled Texture/ Venation: Leathery, Parallel venation, Succulent Surfaces: Lustrous Compound Leaf: Even-pinnate Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Linear Apices: Acute Margins: Entire

Inflorescence Type: Spike-like, n/a (male cone) Flower Morphology: Dioecious plant Colour (petals): Male Cone, Brown Flower Scent: Sweet Flower Time at Peak: May, Jun Additional Info: Potted male plants are unlikely to form strobilus

Fruit Type: Cone (winged seeds) Fruit Colour: Red, Brown Fruiting Time: Aug, Sep Additional Info: Fruit insignificant, Strobilus is unlikely to form on indoor female plants

Bark Morphology: Shaggy, Single stem trunk Bark or Stem Colour: Grey, Brown Additional Info: Offsets at base     Leaf Scar Shape: Crescent shaped Organ Modifications: Succulent leaves

Propagation:	Seed, Division - below ground parts
Plant Care:
Optimal Temp.:	Medium indoor temperature
Light Level:	Medium indoor light level
Maintenance:	Medium
Pest Susceptibility:	Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Drought resistant, Fungal leaf spot, Mites, Root rot, Scale insects

Location(s): (GNH) GreeNHouse Location Map

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