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Cycas inermis

Cycas inermis
Photo: Roy Bateman, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Cycadaceae (Cycad family)
Grows as
Shrub
Safety
Toxic to cats and dogs (ASPCA).
Native range
E. Laos to C. & S. Vietnam
Climate
wet tropical

About

Cycas inermis is a plant belonging to the family Cycadaceae. It is native to Laos and Vietnam. Its name in Vietnamese is Thiên tuế or Tuế lá quyết.

Where it grows

It is widespread in coastal areas of southern and central Vietnam and fairly common where semi-deciduous and evergreen seasonal tropical forests survive. It thrives on granitic, volcanic-metamorphic or volcanic-basaltic soils. It is found from near Da Nang to Khanh Hoa Province and south to Cát Tiên National Park.

Other Cycas plants

Cycas aculeata · Cycas aenigma · Cycas angulata · Cycas annaikalensis · Cycad · Cycas arenicola · Zamia Palm · Cycas arnhemica · Cycas badensis · Cycad · Cycas basaltica · Beddome’s Cycas

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cycas inermis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.

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