PACSOA - Chigua restrepoi

Cycads

Chigua restrepoi

Synonymy:
None
Common Names:
None
Habitat:
Lowland Columbian rainforest.
Description:
A small cycad witha subteranean trunk, and leaves to about 2m long.
General:
Chiguas come from an area where people love to burn to put in their cows and this is why they are basically extinct. The area is also notorious for terrorist activity so its far too dangerous for westerners to go in there. Hence these plants are extraordinarily rare.
Culture:
Warm, sheltered and moist (in the extraordinary occurance of ever getting one :).

Figure 1. Leaf of C. restrepoi .

Figure 2. C. restrepoi

Figure 3. C. restrepoi female cone

Contributed by: Alvaro Calonje (Figure 1)
Francois Dometsch (from Cycads of Columbia CD) (Figure 2&3)

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Contributed by:	Alvaro Calonje (Figure 1)
	Francois Dometsch (from Cycads of Columbia CD) (Figure 2&3)