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Cycads
Cycas angulata |
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Reports of very large tall cycads are rife
across the top from east to west, but the
species it most applies to is Cycas angulata
that occurs in colonies mostly in the Gulf
of Carpentaria region. This giant among
the genus Cycas
has a mature average
height of 10 metres with sightings
reporting it being much taller.
The photographed stand was a small grouping approximately where the Sir Edward Pellew Group islands occur offshore in the gulf country. These were near Borroloola, but the main habitat is between the three rivers, McArthur, Wearyan, Robinson and their districts. The stout caudices, topped with thick arching fronds make them a very attractive species, and probably this is the cycad most mentioned as a food source by Northern Territory aborigines. Reports of taller cycads occur from Fogg Bay N.T. to Cairns north Queensland, these probably are inter-graded Cycas crosses. |
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Figure 2. Cultivated specimen, Katherine, NT.
| Contributed by: | Len Butt |
| Gary Beaumont (Figure 2) |
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