Cycas circinalis
The queen sago, an endangered palm-like cycad endemic to the Western Ghats of southern India, where it grows in monsoon woodland and scrub on hills. It is a tough, slow plant: give it bright light, warmth, generous water in summer and a drier, cooler winter.
Where it grows wild
Dry and moist deciduous woodland, scrub and rocky hillsides of the Western Ghats region, often in fairly open canopy where it receives sun for part of the day.
Only three records carry an elevation (up to about 95 m). Wild populations are known from the lowlands up into the hills, but the 900 m and 1,840 m climate sites are probably cultivated or doubtful records.
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