PACSOA - Cycas riuminiana
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Synonymy:
None

Common Names:
None

Habitat:
The Philippines

Description:
A medium sized cycad up to 5m tall, with numerous leaves to about 2.4m long.

General:
This species was named after the president of the Moscow Horticultural Society, Riumin, and described in 1863 from plants cultivated in Moscow and Leningrad.

Culture:
Warm, sheltered, and moist.


Figure 1. Male cone of C. riuminiana


Figure 2. Female cone of C. riuminiana .

Contributed by: Gary Beaumont

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