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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Cycas circinalis L.
Sago-palm, Queen sago

Cycas circinalis
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr

Family: Cycadaceae

Group: Gymnosperm

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: India.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Not Native, Cultivated Only

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. Cultivated from the upper Keys to the lower Keys.

Other data on Cycas circinalis available from :


Cycas circinalis has been reported from the following conservation area in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park Presumed Extirpated Not Native, Cultivated Only






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Cycas circinalis
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr
Cycas circinalis
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr