PACSOA - Cycas scratchleyana
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Cycas scratchleyana
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Synonymy:
None

Common Names:
None

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 1. C. scratchleyana , leaf detail.


Figure 2. Another leaf.


Figure 3. C. scratchleyana


Figure 4. C. scratchleyana cataphyll

Contributed by: Eric Thoumire


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