Cycadaceae
Queen sago
Cycas circinalis
- Family
- Cycadaceae
- Genus
- Cycas
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Common names
By language (18)
- Afrikaans
- Koninginsikadee
- Arabic
- سيكاد مستدير
- arz
- سيكاد مستدير
- Chinese
- 拳叶苏铁, 牧杖苏铁
- Czech
- Cykas indický
- Dutch
- Ingerolde palmvaren
- English
- Queen sago, Crozier cycas, Fern cycas, Fern palm, Palm-leaved cycas, Cycad
- Finnish
- Saagokruunukävykki
- German
- Eingerollter Sagopalmfarn
- hsb
- Zakuleny palmowy paproć
- Hungarian
- Kelet-indiai cikász
- mad
- Akor
- Malayalam
- ഈന്ത്
- Polish
- Sagowiec podwinięty
- Sundanese
- Paku haji
- Swahili
- Msapo
- Telugu
- కామాక్షి
- Ukrainian
- Цикас завитой
Synonyms
- Cycas circinalis f. circinalis
- Cycas circinalis f. undulata (Desf. ex Gaudich.) J.Schust.
- Cycas circinalis subsp. circinalis
- Cycas circinalis subsp. vera J.Schust.
- Cycas circinalis var. angustifolia Miq.
- Cycas circinalis var. circinalis
- Cycas circinalis var. vera J.Schust.
- Cycas rumphii f. undulata (Desf. ex Gaudich.) Kaneh.
- Cycas squamosa Lodd.
- Cycas squarrosa Steud.
- Cycas undulata Desf. ex Gaudich.
- Cycas wallichii Miq.
- Palma polypodiifolia Mill.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
LeavesPhoto: Patrícia Hanate, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: myself, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: T R Shankar Raman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yoav Daniel Bar-Ness, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: PeregrinusX, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ansil B.R., CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kor!An, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ansil B.R., CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kor!An, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: renjus box, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.