Cycas thouarsii

Description

“Pet poisonous” – Toxic parts: entire plant esp seeds Cycas thouarsii, the Madagascar cycad, is an evergreen arborescent plant in the genus Cycas. It is named after a French botanist Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars (1758—1831). The arborescent stem is up to 4 meters tall. The leaves are dark-green, semi-glossy, usually 150—210 centimeters long. Pollen cone is a fusiform varying in color from orange to brown (pale). Yellow-tomentose megasporophylls are 29—32 centimeters long. The seeds are ovoid, 50—60 millimeters in size. Sarcotesta is orange-brown.