Cycas scratchleyana

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Figure 1. C. scratchleyana, leaf detail.

Habitat:

Inland Papua New Guinea.

Description:

A small cycad, with a trunk to about 1.5m tall, and numerous shiny, dark green leaves.

General:

A rarely seen and poorly known species.

Culture:

Warm, sheltered and moist.

Figure 2. Another leaf.

Figure 3. C. scratchleyana

Figure 4. C. scratchleyana cataphyll

Contributed by:

Eric Thoumire

External Links:

World List, IUCN, JSTOR, Trebrown

Google, GoogleImages, Flickr,