Cycas simplicipinna
A small, mostly subterranean-stemmed cycad of the forest understory in northern Thailand, Laos and neighbouring countries, with a few long arching leaves of simple, glossy leaflets. Unlike most cycads it is a shade plant: warm, humid and watered in summer, cooler and drier in winter.
Where it grows wild
By its genus section and range, the understory of evergreen and mixed deciduous forest on hill slopes, often on limestone or granite-derived soils, in shade.
Few records carry elevations; the climate sites lie between about 200 and 900 m.
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