Family: Cycadaceae

Genus: Cycas

Species: tansachana

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000871

Common name: Kampon's Sago

English name: Kampon's Sago

Native: Thailand

Country: Thailand

(PGR): Very rare

One of Thailand rarest cycads, grow up to 7 m, with many branches and large base up to 1 m wide leaves deep green, 100-180 cm long, leaflets white tomentum male cones narrowly ovoid, yellow, 25-45 cm long, 11-13 cm in diameter, the female plants do not bear cones instead they carry ovules and seeds on large, yellow-tomentose to brown-tomentose megasporophylls which are 20-22 cm long ovules 2-4, glabrous lamina orbicular, 100-140 mm long, 60-70 mm wide, deeply pectinate, with 40-60 soft lateral spines 18-25 mm long, 1-15 mm wide, apical spine distinct from lateral spines, 30-50 mm long, 5-7 mm wide at base (LLifle Cyclopedias of living forms)

Landscape as cultivated perennial in warm, coastal areas.

Texture: Loam Sandy

Fertility: High

Drainage: Well drained

Topography: Coastal area

Salinity: Low

Water Sources: Medium Water

Climates: Mediterranean Subtropics

Lights: Full sun Light shade

Propagation: Seeds

Flowering time: Summer

Zone: 9b : 9b

pH range: 6.6 -7.5

Status: Critically endangered

Life span: Perennial

Habits: Cycads

Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated

Collecting Sources: Botanical garden

Plant Uses: Coastal gardens Landscape Ornamental

Plant Populations density: Cultivated

Vegetation types: Evergreen

pH: Mild acid Mild alkaline Neutral