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Cultivated Plants
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Cycadaceae
Cycas pectinata Buch-Ham
Determined by: James Clugston 12" January 2010
Living collection info.:
RBGE Data Capture Project - James Clugston No. 1469
21°' November 2009
Accession number & Qualifier: 19792577*D
Associated material: herb. specimen (E); DNA sample (E);
photograph (E).
Grown on from original wild collection:
Grierson, Andrew J.C. & Long, David G. 2357
BHUTAN: Tashigang Dist.: E bank of Dangme Chu, between
Cha Zam & Duksum. Steep rocky slope above river among
Pinus roxburghii, Cassia fistula, lemon grass, etc. in arid valley.
1,100 m. 27°24'N, 91°35'E. Dioecious tree; stems erect, 1 m tall,
15 cm diam, bearing old leaf scars; female infl borne at top of
stem, depressed globose, c 40 cm diam, seeds orange in 3
pairs on each side of scale stipe, densely packed and
completely hidden by upturned pectinate flattened distal portion.
Leaves more or less erect, borne on top of stem, 140-170 cm,
aia cuanen petiole 25-37 cm, longest leaflets 12-18 cm, seeds used to
| | | make flour in times of famine. 29" June 1979.
E00392069 Sheet 2 of 3
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