Cycas siamensis (PROSEA)
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Cycas siamensis Miq.
- Family: Cycadaceae
Vernacular names
- Cambodia: prâng'
- Laos: ph'aawz kh'ôôk
- Thailand: prong-liam (Trat), prong-pa (central), talapat-ruesi (south-western)
- Vietnam: thiên tuê xiêm.
Distribution
Burma, Thailand, Indo-China, northern Peninsular Malaysia.
Uses
Similar to the uses of C. rumphii .
Observations
Dioecious palm-like tree, up to 1 m tall. Leaves pinnately compound, up to 75 cm long. Female cones terminal, crowded. Seeds obovoid-oblong, 3-4 cm long, yellow to orange. In dry forests on limestone hills. C. pectinata Griffith (from the eastern Himalaya) is closely related and similarly used.
Selected sources
10, 29, 36, 42.
